Healthcare Providers and Practitioners

Join our CDC-recognized lifestyle change program to learn, share stories, and build healthy habits—all while reducing your risk of type 2 diabetes and boosting your health.

*Available in Spanish and American Sign Language

KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE:

• CDC-approved curriculum with lessons, handouts, and other resources to help you make healthy changes.
• A lifestyle coach, specially trained to lead the program, to help you learn new skills, encourage you to set and meet goals, and keep you motivated. The coach will also facilitate discussions and help make the program fun and engaging.
• A support group of people with similar goals and challenges. Together, you can share ideas, celebrate successes, and work to overcome obstacles. In some programs, the participants stay in touch with each other during the week. It may be easier to make changes when you’re working as a group than doing it on your own.

TIME COMMITMENT:

The program runs for 26 sessions.

• During the first 6 months of the program, you will meet once a week in our virtual interactive classroom. One session each week will be conducted on Zoom.
• During the second 6 months, you’ll meet once a month.

Making lifestyle changes is an ongoing process. Staying in the program for the full year is essential to help you stick to new habits and avoid slipping back into old habits. And if you have not reached your goals in the first half of the program, your lifestyle coach and other group members can help you succeed.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

During the first half of the program, you will learn to:

• Eat healthy without giving up all the foods you love
• Add physical activity to your life, even if you don’t think you have time
• Deal with stress
• Cope with challenges that can derail your hard work—like how to choose healthy food when eating out
• Get back on track if you stray from your plan—because everyone slips now and then

In the second half of the program, you will enhance the skills you’ve learned so you can maintain the changes you’ve made. These sessions will review key ideas such as tracking your food and physical activity, setting goals, staying motivated, and overcoming barriers. The lifestyle coach and small group will continue to support you.