National Diabetes Prevention Program: Working Together to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
The Growing Threat of Prediabetes
- 96 million American adults have prediabetes
- more than 8 in 10 adults with prediabetes don’t know they have it
Reducing the Impact of Type 2 Diabetes
Congress authorized CDC to establish the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) — a public-private partnership working to build a nationwide delivery system for a lifestyle change program proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes.
It brings together:
- community organizations
- private insurers
- employers
- health care organizations
- faith-based organizations
- government agencies
Research shows a structured lifestyle intervention can cut the risk of type 2 diabetes in half.
A key part of the National DDP is a lifestyle change program that provides:
- a trained lifestyle coach
- a CDC-approved curriculum
- group support over the course of a year
Through the National DPP, CDC is working to:
- build a workforce that can implement the lifestyle change program effectively
- ensure quality and standardized reporting
- deliver the lifestyle change program through organizations nationwide and sustain it through public/private payer coverage
- increase referrals to and participation in the lifestyle change program
Join in This National Effort
Everyone can play a part in preventing type 2 diabetes
- raise awareness of prediabetes
- share information about the National DPP
- encourage participation in the lifestyle change program
- promote the National DPP as a covered health benefit
Find out how to get involved in the National DDP www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention