Prevent Type 2 Diabetes, a Free Program

Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Lower the risk of developing diabetes while improving your health

For more information on this free diabetes prevention program, email aparks@wilc.org or call 845.228.7457 extension 1106 914.259.8036 (VP), Fill out the eligibility questionnaire and registration.

If you have been diagnosed with prediabetes, you have a serious condition. Many people with prediabetes who don’t change their lifestyle may develop type 2 diabetes within 5 years.

Type 2 diabetes can lead to serious health issues such as:

  • Heart attack
  • Stroke
  • Blindness
  • Kidney failure
  • Loss of toes, feet, or legs

Do you have risk factors?

  • You are overweight
  • You are 45 years of age or older
  • Your parent or sibling has type 2 diabetes
  • You are physically active fewer than 3 times per week
  • You ever gave birth to a baby that weighed more than 9 pounds
  • You ever had diabetes while pregnant (gestational diabetes)

Click to take the CDC Risk Test 

If you have prediabetes, join our CDC-recognized lifestyle change program. It can help you lose weight, become more active, and prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.

  • Eat healthy without giving up all the foods you love
  • Add physical activity to your life
  • Deal with stress
  • Cope with challenges that can derail your hard work
  • Get back on track if you slip up (we all do!)

PreventT2 runs for 1 year

  • During the first 20 weeks you will meet once a week
  • During the second six months you’ll meet once or twice a week

Requirements:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Be overweight (body mass index ≥25; ≥23 if Asian)
  • Have no previous diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes
  • Take the Could You Have Diabetes quiz to assess your risk OR
  • 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 orBe previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes
  • Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
  • Health Care Provider Referral Form_11.13.18
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