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TL;DR
Diabetes risk perception was assessed via self-report or parent proxy, and awareness was evaluated by asking whether participants had been told they were at higher risk.
JAMA Network Open · 6 authors, 8 centres
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Diabetes risk perception was assessed via self-report or parent proxy, and awareness was evaluated by asking whether participants had been told they were at higher risk.
Diabetes risk perception was assessed via self-report or parent proxy, and awareness was evaluated by asking whether participants had been told they were at higher risk. The primary finding was that greater diabetes risk perception was associated with lower physical activity and higher screen time, while awareness was not associated with health behaviors. Even among youth with elevated HbA1c, only 30% reported feeling at risk and 26.5% reported prior knowledge of their risk. Unadjusted analyses showed risk perception doubled the odds of attempted weight loss, but this was attributable to reverse confounding by BMI. Barriers including health care access difficulties and food insecurity were associated with lower physical activity and higher screen time.