Type 2 diabetes can lead to serious health complications if left untreated.
- You can prevent type 2 diabetes by eating a healthy, balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight and keeping physically active.
- People living with diabetes also face higher risk of heart disease, stroke, nerve damage, foot problems, vision loss and kidney problems.
- There are some groups at higher risk of type 2 diabetes: men, people of South Asian or Black ethnicity, people who are overweight and people with a family history of type 2 diabetes.
Find out your risk of type 2 diabetes by using the Diabetes UK Know Your Risk Score at Diabetes UK – Know Your Risk of Type 2 diabetes or by searching ‘Know Your Risk’.