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PREVENT T2

DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM AT AUGUSTA HEALTH

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86 million American Adults have prediabetes Changes in diet, activity and reducing weight can cut your risk of diabetes in half

Prediabetes

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Diabetes

TROUBLING STATISTICS

86 million American adults— more than 1 out of 3—have prediabetes 9 OUT OF 10 Americans with prediabetes do not know they have it Without weight loss and moderate physical activity 15– 30% of people with prediabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within 5 years

Blue Ridge Healthy U: Diabetes Prevention Program

• January 2016- 1st cohort began
• 5 completed, 4 in progress and 4 starting in

January 2020

• In October, 2018 Augusta Health received CDC

recognition as an effective diabetes prevention program

CDC PREVENT T2

NIH Study Results:

 Study determined that reducing calories and increasing activity reduced the risk of developing T2 diabetes by 58% in those who were at high risk for the disease  For people over 60 y/o, risk was reduced by 71 %  Even after 10 years, those participants who participated in the program, had a 34 % lower rate of T2

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PREVENT T2: PROGRAM GOAL

TO PREVENT OR DELAY THE ONSET OF TYPE 2 DIABETES

Nominal weight loss (5-7 % loss has significant impact) Developing healthy shopping, cooking and eating habits Increasing physical activity Healthy thought patterns and stress management

CDC PREVENT T2 TOPICS

FIRST SESSION

• GET ACTIVE TO PREVENT T2
• TRACK YOUR ACTIVITY
• EAT WELL TO PREVENT T2
• TRACK YOUR FOOD
• MANAGE STRESS
• COPE WITH TRIGGERS
• GET MORE ACTIVE
• BURN MORE CALORIES THAN

YOU TAKE IN

• 16 weeks

SECOND SESSION

• EAT WELL AWAY FROM

HOME

• FIND TIME FOR FITNESS
• KEEP YOUR HEART HEALTHY
• TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR

THOUGHTS

• GET SUPPORT
• STAY MOTIVATED TO

PREVENT T2

• 6 weeks

The CDC T2 Curriculum

• Year long program
• 16 weeks in the first 6 months, 6 weeks in the

second 6 months

• Can be classroom, virtual, on-line or

combination

• Class led by trained Certified Lifestyle Coaches
• Meetings are one hour in length

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/about-niddk/research-areas/diabetes/diabetes-prevention-program-dpp/Documents/DPP_508.pdf

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WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• Screen and refer to a local program
• Consider becoming Lifestyle Coach and

leading a cohort in your community

• Consider offering glucose/A1c testing in the

dental setting (ADA codes have been created)

Kathy’s Goal: To fit into her wedding dress again by the completion of Diabetes Prevention Program. Augusta Health/YMCA Diabetes Collaboration