National Diabetes Prevention Program: Working Together to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

The Growing Threat of Prediabetes

• About 98 million American adults have prediabetes
• more than 8 in 10 adults with prediabetes don’t know they have it

Reducing the Impact of Type 2 Diabetes

Congress authorized CDC to establish the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) — a public-private partnership working to build a nationwide delivery system for a lifestyle change program proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes.

It brings together:

• community organizations
• private insurers
• employers
• health care organizations
• faith-based organizations
• government agencies

Research shows a structured lifestyle intervention can cut the risk of type 2 diabetes in half.

A key part of the National DDP is a lifestyle change program that provides:

• a trained lifestyle coach
• a CDC-approved curriculum
• group support over the course of a year

Through the National DPP, CDC is working to:

• build a workforce that can implement the lifestyle change program effectively
• ensure quality and standardized reporting
• deliver the lifestyle change program through organizations nationwide and sustain it through public/private payer coverage
• increase referrals to and participation in the lifestyle change program

Join in This National Effort

Everyone can play a part in preventing type 2 diabetes

• raise awareness of prediabetes
• share information about the National DPP
• encourage participation in the lifestyle change program
• promote the National DPP as a covered health benefit

Find out how to get involved in the National DDP www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention