Am I At Risk of Diabetes?

Many Canadians have diabetes and don’t know it.

Risk factors include:

• Having a parent, brother or sister with diabetes
• Being a member of a high risk group (Indigenous, Hispanic, South Asian, Asian or African decent)
• Being overweight
• Having high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol
• Giving birth to a baby that weighed over 9 lbs

To learn more about risk factors for developing diabetes, and what you can do to reduce your risk click Here to visit Diabetes Canada website