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Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Offers Online Diabetes Prevention Program

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital’s Community Education Department is offering a year-long program beginning in October for the prevention of Type 2 Diabetes, including support groups of dietitians, diabetes educators, nurses and other health educator experts.

The Prevent T2 National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a lifestyle program designed to help those who are at risk of developing diabetes or are prediabetic. The program focuses on type 2 diabetes, which is when the body does not produce either enough insulin or resists it.

Although there is no cure for type 2 diabetes, research shows that moderate behavior changes, such as diet changes and physical exercise reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58 percent in people at high risk for developing this disease.

Prediabetes is a condition in which blood sugar is high, but not high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes. With intervention such as Henry Mayo’s program, it can be reversed before it escalates, officials said.

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that usually develops as a person grows older, while many children and adolescents are born with type 1 diabetes and is often a hereditary disease. Both occur when the body cannot properly store or use glucose, which is essential for energy.

“We don’t want to let these unprecedented times keep people from making positive health changes,” said Charmine Navarro, MSN, Henry Mayo’s Community Education Program coordinator.

Prediabetes has no symptoms, but risk factors include being 45 years of age or older, overweight, having a family history of type 2 diabetes, being physically active less than three times per week and having been diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy.

The program is designed to promote lasting change and lifestyle choices. Spaces are limited.

Amy L., who completed the program in early 2020, said, “Thanks to the program’s focus on long-lasting behavior changes, my A1c is now in the normal range.”

To learn more about qualifying for the October program and the nominal fee click here


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Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Offers Online Diabetes Prevention Program

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