Health Plus offers Diabetes Prevention Program information sessions

Health Plus is offering new sessions of the one-year lifestyle change program, the National Diabetes Prevention Program, for faculty/staff or spouses with prediabetes or a history of gestational diabetes.

The Diabetes Prevention Program is a research-based program designed to help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The focus is on developing skills to lose weight, be more physically active and manage stress. Participants meet regularly in a group setting with a trained lifestyle coach for an entire year. There is no charge for the program.

Register to attend a 20-minute information session to learn more about the program:

• Feb. 27, 7:30 a.m., 411 Light Hall
• Feb. 27, noon, Baker Building, room 805
• Feb. 28, noon, 419 Light Hall
• March 5, noon, live webinar

The program is offered either in-person or remotely (via computer, tablet or smartphone).

For more information, go to https://www.vumc.org/health-wellness/resource-articles-blog/diabetes-prevention-program.