The National DPP is the CDC-recognized lifestyle change program, a research-based program focusing on healthy eating and physical activity that revealed adults with prediabetes who participate in a structured lifestyle change program can reduce their risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.
Prevent Diabetes
Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be type 2 diabetes. Without intervention, people with prediabetes are very likely to progress to type 2 diabetes. If you have prediabetes, the long-term damage of diabetes, especially to your heart, blood vessels and kidneys may already be starting. If you are overweight you are very likely to be at risk for type 2 diabetes. However, the good news is that you can reverse this condition with lifestyle changes.
Program Eligibility
To be eligible for referral to a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program, participants must:
Be at least 18 years old and
Be overweight (Body Mass Index ≥25; ≥23 if Asian) and
Not be pregnant and
Have no previous diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes and
Have a previous clinical diagnosis of gestational diabetes and
Have a blood test result in the prediabetes range within the past year:
Hemoglobin A1C: 5.7–6.4% or
Fasting plasma glucose: 100–125 mg/dL or
Two-hour plasma glucose (after a 75 gm glucose load): 140–199 mg/dL or
Note: Medicare beneficiaries require a blood test, clinically administered within the last year, to qualify for eligibility; self-reporting is not allowed for Medicare beneficiaries. Prediabetes can be diagnosed via oral glucose tolerance tests, fasting blood glucose tests, or an A1c test.