In a classroom setting, a trained lifestyle coach will help you change your lifestyle by learning about healthy eating, physical activity and other behavior changes over the course of 16 one-hour sessions.
• Topics covered include nutrition, getting started with physical activity, overcoming stress, staying motivated, and more. After the initial 16 core sessions, you will meet monthly for up to a year for added support to help them maintain their progress.
Program Goals:
• Reduce body weight by 7%
• Gradually increase physical activity to at least 150 minutes per week
Can I Participate?
To qualify for the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program, participants must be overweight/obese (BMI > 25)* and at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes or have been diagnosed with prediabetes.
A person who meets any of the following criteria is defined as a person with prediabetes:
• Physician diagnosis of prediabetes
• Fasting plasma glucose between 100 – 125 mg/dL
• HbA1c between 5.7 and 6.4%
• Random or casual blood glucose level of 2-hour (75 gm glucola) Plasma Glucose (must be 140-199mg/dl)
Individuals who meet at least two of the following criteria may also be eligible:
• blood pressure is 140/90 or higher
• elevated cholesterol levels
• participates in physical activity less than two times per week
• has or had a parent or sibling with diabetes
• has been diagnosed with prediabetes
• had gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy), or given birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
• 45 years of age or older
FEE:
YMCA Members: $100; Non-YMCA Members: $150
Reduced fees are available for those who qualify.
United Healthcare members should check with their employer for program availability, or contact the Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance to confirm eligibility at 1-800-237-4942.
Interested in learning more?
Please contact Tina Graziose, Health Enhancement Director at (631) 421-4242 ext *133 or TinaG@ymcali.org.
· To find out more about the program or to learn if you qualify
· To learn when a group will start in your area
· To schedule a presentation about the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program
· To host the program
To obtain a hard copy of the YMCA Diabetes Prevention program brochure click here to download YMCA-Diabetes-Prevention-Program-Brochure.
Select the YMCA closest to you: Huntington, Glen Cove, Great South Bay (Bay Shore), Brookhaven Roe (Holtsville), East Hampton and Patchogue.