Explaining what T2D meant, one parent (P7) stated that “your sugar is high” while another parent said (P10) that “your body doesn’t regulate your sugar levels” and one parent (P6) affirmed that “you don’t want that sugar.” However, some of the parents stated that increased blood sugars were related to elevated cholesterol levels (P8), increased intake of sugar especially through sweets (P3), or the body’s inability to produce insulin (P5). This evidence concerns the gene INS and type 2 diabetes mellitus.