Online Calendar

Key Points:

• The National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change program can help you build healthy new habits that last a lifetime.
• When you join the program, you’ll learn, laugh, share stories, and try new things.
• Most of all, you'll lower your risk of type 2 diabetes and improve your health.

The program includes:

• A CDC-approved curriculum with lessons, handouts, and other resources to help you make healthy changes.
• A Lifestyle Coach, specially trained to lead the program, to help you learn new skills, encourage you to set and meet goals, and keep you motivated. The coach will also facilitate discussions and help make the program fun and engaging.
• A support group of people with similar goals and challenges. Together, you can share ideas, celebrate successes, and work to overcome obstacles. In some programs, the participants stay in touch with each other during the week. It may be easier to make changes when you're working as a group than doing it on your own.

Time commitment

The program runs for 1 year.

• During the first 6 months of the program, you'll meet about once a week.
• During the second 6 months, you'll meet once or twice a month.

You may think you learned enough in the first 6 months and can skip the second half of the program. But you'd be cheating yourself!

Making lifestyle changes is an ongoing process. Staying in the program for the full year is essential to help you stick to new habits and avoid slipping back into old habits. And if you have not reached your goals in the first half of the program, your Lifestyle Coach and other group members can help you succeed.

This program is for people who have prediabetes or are at risk for type 2 diabetes but don't already have diabetes. 

Email LisaM@albanyjcc.org for more information.

Register here