Diabetes Risk

Application to estimate individual type 2 diabetes risk, BMI and healthy weight

It is estimated that each 8 seconds a person dies in the world of diabetes or its complications. More than 88 million US adults have prediabeties and 84% of them don't know they have it. In the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled as the American population has aged and become more overweight or obese. However it is possible prevent developing the disease or mitigate its impacts and complications through lifestyle changes that can reduce the incidence by 58% in individuals at increased risk. This is the importance of making a risk evaluation.

The application was developed from the form made available by the World Health Organization to assess the risk of type II diabetes in different populations through the answer provided to 8 questions capable of scoring the risk of developing Type II Diabetes considering factors such as age, weight, height, sex, genetic contribution, predisposing health conditions.

Its importance is restricted to measuring the risk factor presented by the individual at a given moment that may lead to the manifestation of Diabetes type II and its possible harms, considering that Diabetes is a silent metabolic syndrome, which generally goes unnoticed by the patient, being generally detected 5 to 7 years after established due to manifestation of symptoms related to complications of the condition.

The application does not replace the need to search for medical advice and diagnosis; In case, the score achieved in the test indicates worrying degrees, it very important to search for a doctor who will establish the necessary care for diagnosis and control, guiding the conducts, which may reduce or prevent undesirable impacts of prediabetes or diabetes.