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2-minute self-check

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Self-Check

Eight questions, modeled on the Finnish FINDRISC methodology used by health services worldwide, in our own words. Everything is computed in your browser and nothing is stored or sent. At the end you get a banded reading, what moves it, and exactly what to ask a doctor.

  1. 1.How old are you?

  2. 2.Your height and weight

  3. 3.Your waist, measured at navel height

    Sex (the waist cut-offs differ)

    Measure against skin, halfway between the bottom rib and the hip bone, after breathing out normally.

  4. 4.Do you get at least 30 minutes of physical activity on most days? Work, walking and gardening all count.

  5. 5.Do you eat vegetables or fruit every day?

  6. 6.Have you ever taken medicine for high blood pressure on a regular basis?

  7. 7.Has a doctor, a health check or a pregnancy ever found your blood sugar higher than normal?

  8. 8.Has anyone in your family been diagnosed with diabetes (type 1 or type 2)?

Answer all eight questions to see your result.

Sources

  1. The diabetes risk score: a practical tool to predict type 2 diabetes risk Lindstrom J, Tuomilehto J. Diabetes Care, 2003The FINDRISC methodology this self-check is modeled on (factor families and weights); wording here is original.
  2. Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance Tuomilehto J et al, New England Journal of Medicine, 2001The Finnish DPS: lifestyle change cut progression to type 2 diabetes by 58 percent.
  3. IDF Diabetes Atlas, country profile: Mauritius International Diabetes FederationSource of the roughly 1-in-5 adult prevalence figure for Mauritius.
  4. Diabetes fact sheet World Health Organization

Last reviewed: 2026-07-16

Then act on the biggest lever

Food is where prevention starts: build a meal the low-effort way with the Diabetes Plate Builder and check your middle with the Waist-to-Height Checker.

Why this check, and why Mauritius needs it

Roughly one adult in five in Mauritius lives with diabetes, one of the highest rates in the world, and for every person diagnosed there are others moving toward it without knowing, because rising blood sugar has no early symptoms. The only early warnings are the risk factors themselves, which is exactly what this check reads.

The eight factors and their weights come from the Finnish FINDRISC methodology, published by Lindstrom and Tuomilehto in 2003 and used by health services worldwide because it predicts well without needing a single blood test. The wording here is our own and the result is a band, not a verdict: its whole job is to tell you how much a simple blood test, and a few changeable habits, deserve your attention right now.

And attention pays. In the Finnish prevention study that this line of work grew from, people at high risk who improved their eating, movement and weight cut their chance of developing type 2 diabetes by more than half. Prevention is not a slogan; it is one of the best-proven results in modern medicine.