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Are you at risk for type 2 diabetes? If you have a family history of diabetes, are obese, or belong to certain racial or ethnic groups you may be at risk. Act now, take the test and know your risk.
Learn Your Risk for Diabetes and Take Steps to Protect Your Health
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Are You at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes?
Most Americans with diabetes have type 2 diabetes (also called adult-onset diabetes). You are at higher risk if you are:
- Obese
- Have a parent, brother or sister with type 2 diabetes
- Age 45 or older
- Developed diabetes while pregnant (gestational diabetes)
- Are not physically active
- Belong to certain racial or ethnic groups. African Americans, Hispanic/Latino, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes.
The lifetime risk of diabetes for people born in the United States in 2000 is:
- For all Americans: 1 of 3
- For African American and Hispanic males: 2 of 5
- For African American and Hispanic females: 1 of 2
Additionally, CDC estimates that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could
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