Type 2 diabetes isn’t something that normally happens over night, it is a conditions that comes on slowly over time and there are certain factors that can put you more at risk and these include:

• Being over 40 years old. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases with age and you are more at risk if you are white and over 40 or 25 if you are African-Caribbean, Black African or South Asian.
• Having a parent or sibling with diabetes. If you have a parent, child, brother or sister with diabetes then you are between 2 and 6 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
• Being South Asian, African-Caribbean or Black African. People of these ethnicities are 2 to 4 times more likely to get type 2 diabetes.
• High blood pressure. People with a high blood pressure are known to be more at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
• Carrying extra weight. If you are carrying extra weight, especially around your middle then you are at a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

If you do have any of the risk factors listed above, this does mean you are more at risk but does not mean you will definitely get type 2 diabetes and there are things you can do to help yourself by introducing healthier habits and losing weight if necessary.

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