Use our information and free resources on type 2 diabetes prevention below to help you, someone you're supporting or your community.
Type 2 diabetes is high blood sugar levels which can cause serious health problems called complications. It is caused by a combination of factors.
If you have prediabetes, or have had gestational diabetes — high blood sugar levels during pregnancy — you have a high risk of type 2 diabetes.
By getting support to make health changes, we know it's sometimes possible to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes, even if it runs in your family.
Type 1 diabetes can’t yet be prevented, but we’re co-funding screening for children aged 2 to 17 which can help delay the development if there are early signs.
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Type 2 diabetes prevention resources
Stigma and diabetes
Everybody at risk of type 2 diabetes or those with diabetes should be supported not judged. Needless shame caused by incorrect assumptions about the condition can stop people making health changes or going to NHS appointments.
