FINDRISK - Test your Risk for Diabetes
Diabetes Prevention
Early detection and counteraction of the risk of type 2 diabetes
Due to the worldwide increase in the number of people with diabetes, the prevention of type 2 diabetes is of great importance.
Answer the following 8 questions to find out about your possible risk to develop diabetes type 2 within the next 10 years. Take your chance and participate in the test!
1. How old are you?
Younger than 35 years: | 0 points |
35 - 44 years: | 1 point |
45 - 54 years: | 2 points |
55 - 64 years: | 3 points |
Older than 64 years: | 4 points |
2. Do any relatives of you suffer from diabetes?
| No | 0 points |
Yes, near relatives like parents, children, siblings | 5 points |
Yes, far relatives like grand-parents, aunts, uncles, cousins | 3 points |
3. What is your circumference of the waist at the belly button?
| Female: | < 80 cm | 0 points |
| 80 - 88 cm | 3 points | |
| > 88 cm | 4 points | |
Male: | < 94 cm | 0 points |
| 94 - 102 cm | 3 points | |
| > 102 cm | 4 points |
4. Do you exercise a minimum of 30 minutes a day?
| Yes | 0 points |
| No | 2 points |
5. How often do you eat fruits, vegetables or wholemeal bread?
| Every day | 0 points |
| Not every day | 2 points |
6. Do you take medication to treat hypertension?
| No | 0 points |
| Yes | 2 points |
7. Did you ever have high blood glucose values during a health check?
| No | 0 points |
| Yes | 5 points |
8. How is your relation between height and weight of your body (body-mass-index, BMI)?
< 25 | 0 points |
25 to 30 | 1 points |
> 30 | 3 points |
Calculate the BMI as follows: Body weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in metres) squared.
Analysis
This is your risk to develop diabetes type 2 within the next 10 years
| Below 7 points | No increased risk for diabetes. Nevertheless it is important to ensure healthy nutrition and enough exercise. |
7 to 11 points | Minimal increased risk for diabetes. Take care about guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. |
12 to 14 points | Moderate increased risk for diabetes. Follow the guidelines for a healthy lifestyle and contact your physician for further questions. |
15 to 20 points | Clearly increased risk for diabetes. Follow the guidelines for a healthy lifestyle and contact immediately your physician for medical advice. |
More than 20 points | Highly increased risk for diabetes – maybe you have already developed diabetes. Contact immediately your physician. |
5 important rules for a healthy life
1. Exercise minimum 5 days a week for 30 minutes until you start sweating
2. Only 30% of your daily energy should be supplied from fat
3. Saturated fatty acids (animal based fats) should supply not more than 10% of your daily energy
4. Care for a daily intake of 30g of dietary fibres
5. If overweighed try to reduce body weight for 7%