CDC TV - A Change for Life

 
Lifestyle Change Classes to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
New video on classes for people with prediabetes.
A new video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows how lifestyle change classes are helping people with prediabetes prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. To view the video, please go to www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/ChangeForLife/index.html.

A Change for Life focuses on participants and coaches in a lifestyle change program that is part of the CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program. The inaugural partners are YMCA of the USA and UnitedHealth Group. The video was filmed at a Y location in Louisville, Ky., one of 164 sites where the Y offers lifestyle intervention classes.
The video offers an inspirational message about how lifestyle changes can improve your health, and how health care providers can help their patients by referring them to an effective intervention.
The National Diabetes Prevention Program is modeled on the Diabetes Prevention Program research trial, led by the National Institutes of Health. That trial showed that lifestyle changes that include weight loss of 5–7% and increasing physical activity to 150 minutes each week can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by 58% in people at high risk for developing the disease. One of CDC’s roles in managing the National Diabetes Prevention Program involves developing recognition standards for organizations offering lifestyle change classes.
The 5-minute video from CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation provides information on the program for health care providers, public health workers, people at high risk for diabetes, the media, and organizations interested in joining the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
To learn more about CDC’s work in preventing type 2 diabetes and the National Diabetes Prevention Program, please see www.cdc.gov/diabetes.
CDC TV - A Change for Life