Having the following factors may put you at higher risk for developing diabetes:

• Being overweight
• Carrying most of your fat in your stomach area
• Not being physically active
• Having a parent or brother or sister with diabetes
• Being a certain race — including blacks, Hispanics,
  American Indians, and Asian-Americans
• Being age 45 or older
• Having prediabetes
• Giving birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds or having gestational diabetes when you were pregnant

Take this test from the American Diabetes Association to see if you are at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

 Adapted from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/type-2-diabetes/ds00585/dsection=risk-factors