Patient was educated on risk factors for diabetes as follows:

1. Overweight and obesity with a body mass index above 25.
2. Physical inactivity.
3. Age 45 or older.
4. Family history of type 2 diabetes.
5. Certain races, such as, African-American, Hispanic, American Indian, Asian-American or a Pacific Islander are more prone to being a diabetic.
6. Females who developed gestational diabetes when they were pregnant.
7. Having high blood pressure.
8. Having low HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) or high LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol).