Eskenazi Health Teams with National Program to Create Diabetes Prevention Initiative
The National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was created in 2010 to address the increasing burden of prediabetes and type-2 diabetes in the United States. This national effort created partnerships between public and private organizations to offer evidence-based, cost-effective interventions that help prevent type-2 diabetes in communities across the United States. The goal is to promote lifestyle changes to equate to modest weight loss of between five and seven percent, getting at least 150 minutes of moderate or higher physical activity per week and to maintain and advance these goals over a 12-month period, to create long-term, healthy lifestyle habits.