20. Several members of my close family have diabetes.Will attempts at prevention still work for me?
Please refer to Question 19 regarding type 1 diabetes. Regarding type 2 diabetes, your success in preventing diabetes depends upon a combination of how successful you are at attaining the necessary goals and how susceptible your family is.
Inherited susceptibility can range from modest to very high. The risk also depends very much on whether both sides of a person’s family have a hereditary pattern of diabetes.