The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Patients' advice-giving behaviour could be a useful preventive strategy for type 2 diabetes. ⋯ Patients with type 2 diabetes recognised the need to give advice about preventive behaviour to their offspring but were not necessarily engaging in advice-giving behaviour. Advice-giving behaviour was affected by the parents' own disease status, their perception of their offspring's risk of developing diabetes, and the relationship between the patients and their offspring.