Diabetes
Supporting the community to prevent and manage chronic disease through education and awareness while strengthening and restoring traditional practices of healthy living.
Diabetes Prevention Program
Learn how to prevent diabetes through lifestyle changes with diet and exercise. In this program you will learn about nutrition, how to be active, and stress management.
Through this program, we will:
- Meet weekly for 1 hour for the first 4 months.
- Then, 1 hour twice a month for the last 4 months.
- Some classes will be held in person, some will be held virtually.
- Zero cost to you! You will be provided all the materials needed. (For AI/AN and ALL GLIIHC patients)
- Prizes & Giveaways for those who remain committed!
To participate in a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program, you’ll need to meet ALL 4 of these requirements:
- Be 18 years or older
- Have a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher (23 or higher if Asian American)
- Not be previously diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
- Not be pregnant
You’ll also need to meet 1 of these requirements (unless you’re enrolling in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program, which has different criteria):
- Had a blood test result in the prediabetes range within the past year (includes any of these tests and results):
- Hemoglobin A1C: 5.7–6.4%.
- Fasting plasma glucose: 100–125 mg/dL.
- Two-hour plasma glucose (after a 75 g glucose load): 140–199 mg/dL.
- Previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes