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If i have diabetes, will my children have diabetes?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
They're at risk: It's not 100% but their lifetime risk is higher than the average population. They should be instilled with healthy habits which can redue their risk. Regular exercise and a healthy diet!
Answered 5/3/2015
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May be: Diabetes can occur in families. But difficult to predict, in all likelihood your children have greater chances of having diabetes than children with normal parents.
Answered 12/10/2013
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