PTI is ready to deliver
the National Diabetes Prevention Program!
Practice
Transformation Institute has lifestyle coaches who can bring the year-long
National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) to prediabetics in an organization
or community setting. This empowering program was developed by the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention to help prevent or delay the onset of type
2 diabetes. It is evidenced-based with research showing that lifestyle
modifications can cut the risk of type 2 diabetes in half. The program
encourages collaboration among federal agencies, community-based organizations,
insurers, employers, health care professionals and other stakeholders. Due to
this nationwide push, it is growing in leaps and bounds to help stop the
ongoing threat of prediabetes in the United States.
Prediabetes is
identified when a blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not high enough
for someone to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Eighty-six million adults in
the United States have prediabetes, with nine out of ten people not knowing
they have it.
The risk for
prediabetes and diabetes is higher if the person is:
·
Overweight
or obese
·
Has
a family history of the disease
·
Aged
45 or older
·
Not
physically active
·
Had
diabetes while pregnant
·
Is
African American, American Indian, Hispanic, Asian American or Pacific Islander
This
lifestyle changing program consists of:
·
A
year-long commitment of participants to:
o
Eat
healthier
o
Include
physical activity into their daily lives
o
Incorporate
problem-solving strategies to maintain positive lifestyle changes
·
A
small group setting with others making the same achievable changes
·
Sixteen
sessions during the first six months to provide core learning
·
Six
sessions for the last six months to reinforce and build on content
·
A
lifestyle coach trained by an approved
organization
o
Coaches
motivate and encourage
o
Build
on group dynamics to reach successful outcomes for participants
To
participate in the NDPP, a person must be overweight and already have been
diagnosed with prediabetes or be at high risk. Prediabetes is determined by one
of the following blood test results:
·
Fasting
plasma glucose between 100 – 125 mg/d
·
A1C
between 5.7% and 6.4%
·
Two
hour plasma glucose between 140 – 199 mg/dl
A
combination of risk factors such as family history, being overweight or obese,
having gestational diabetes and inactivity can also put a person at risk making
them eligible for the NDPP.
An online
test to see diabetes risk is on our PTI website, along with a CDC video that
discusses the program. http://www.transformcoach.org/national-diabetes-prevention-program
We hope that
providers will recommend the NDPP to those at risk for type 2 diabetes. Patients
look to their health care providers more than any other source for information
on promoting health and preventing disease.
If you’d
like to learn more about how PTI can deliver the NDPP to your organization or community
setting, please contact Harmony at hkinkle@transformcoach.org or 248.475.4736.
