Calculating your risk
The first step to prevention is to find out what your risk of developing type 2 diabetes is. If you’re aged between 40 and 74 and live in England, you may be eligible for an NHS Health Check.
You can also use the ‘Know Your Risk’ tool on the Diabetes UK website to understand your own risk of developing type 2. You will be asked a series of questions to determine whether your risk is low, increased, moderate or high. To complete this assessment please click the image below:
Were you surprised at your own risk level? How did it make you feel? Share any of your comments or thoughts in the feedback box at the bottom of the page.
Levels of risk
The levels of risk for developing type 2 diabetes include:
1 in 100 people with your risk will get type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years.
What to do now?
It’s great that you’re at low risk. You should keep an eye on any factors that could change your risk in the future. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases as we get older, but making healthier choices and maintaining a healthy weight are things that you can do for your health.
One in 35 people will get type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years.
What to do now?
Look at where you are scoring points and whether it's something that's within your control to make changes. Making some small changes now can make a big change to your health in the future.
One out of seven people will develop type 2 diabetes in the next ten years.
What to do now?
It's a good idea to visit your GP as soon as possible, they may need to do a blood test to check for diabetes. Your doctor will discuss your risk level with you, what changes you need to make and what support is available to help you.
One out of three people will develop diabetes in the next ten years.
What to do now?
You need to take action NOW and the first step is by visiting your GP. It's possible that you may have type 2 diabetes already but haven't been diagnosed yet
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Comment by Scott. M. on 09/11/2022 at 1:10 PM
can we use a different header image here or remove header image
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Comment by Scott. M. on 09/11/2022 at 1:10 PM
type 2 diabetes know your risk is quite blurry – could we see incase we lost image quality somewhere in upload
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Comment by Scott. M. on 09/11/2022 at 1:13 PM
If it was moderate or high, how did it make you feel?
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How did it make you feel?
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Comment by Scott. M. on 09/11/2022 at 1:16 PM
do we need to make this consitent with what DUK are doing
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highalso I am low risk and DUK says
Your risk is LOW
Your risk score is 6
1 in 100 people with your risk will get Type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years.What to do now?
It’s great that you’re at low risk. See below for where you’re scoring points and make sure you know all the risk factors so you can keep your risk low for as long as possible.think this ought to be consistent
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