I have tried looking for this answer on Google, but seem to be drawing a blank. This site is where i seem to get the best, most reliable diabetes related information so i was hoping you could help me again.
I am type t2, diagnosed at 39, as far as I know my Gran was the only other diabetic in my family, she was diagnosed in her late 70's. My Mum (her daughter) and both my brother and sister so far do not have any diagnosis of diabetes.
So what are the chances of my three year old developing diabetes? I keep him on a healthy diet 90 % of the time (i don't want to make his childhood miserable, and i'm sure our very strict childhood diets may have led all three of us to go a little OTT when we were finally old enough to make our own food choices) and he is very,very active. As in he never, ever stops.
As i understand it t1 does not have the same hereditary pattern as t2- have i got that right? Meaning his risk of t1 is no higher than if i were not diabetic?
I'd be grateful for any information/pointers anyone has.
I am type t2, diagnosed at 39, as far as I know my Gran was the only other diabetic in my family, she was diagnosed in her late 70's. My Mum (her daughter) and both my brother and sister so far do not have any diagnosis of diabetes.
So what are the chances of my three year old developing diabetes? I keep him on a healthy diet 90 % of the time (i don't want to make his childhood miserable, and i'm sure our very strict childhood diets may have led all three of us to go a little OTT when we were finally old enough to make our own food choices) and he is very,very active. As in he never, ever stops.
As i understand it t1 does not have the same hereditary pattern as t2- have i got that right? Meaning his risk of t1 is no higher than if i were not diabetic?
I'd be grateful for any information/pointers anyone has.