Have prediabetes? Try this helpful class

By Margaret Foster

One in three Americans has prediabetes and doesn’t know it. If untreated, the condition can lead to type 2 diabetes, which can wreak havoc on the body.

The good news is that type 2 diabetes can be prevented if you make a few lifestyle changes, which is easier said than done.

That’s where Johns Hopkins comes in. Its Diabetes Prevention Program, led by people trained by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), is a “yearlong lifestyle change program,” explained Megan Brown, program director.

“We’ve had really good results,” Brown said. “The thing that’s most appealing are the [content and skills] we cover,” which include nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress and eating habits.

How it works

People 18 to 80 who have prediabetes

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Sept. 9 are eligible for the program. If they call or email Hopkins, one of Brown’s team members will contact them to complete a short screening questionnaire.

Once enrolled, participants will join a weekly one-hour class with around 15 to 18 other people. They’ll meet either at a community center or church in Baltimore City or remotely via computer. For the second six months of the program, they take a class every other week.

The classes are taught by a CDC-trained Lifestyle Coach, who work with participants to make small changes in one’s diet or activity levels.

“It’s really a problem-solving program on how to incorporate healthy everyday behavior into their lifestyles,” Brown said.

Medicare and Medicaid cover the cost of the national program.

The end goal of the program is to lose 5% to 7% of your body weight and increase

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At risk for developing diabetes? Living with diabetes? We can help.

Our evidence-based programs are proven to improve your health.

The Diabetes Prevention Program can help you lower your A1C, lose weight and get more active. Diabetes Self-Management Training can help you lower your A1C, better manage your medications and avoid serious health complications.

your activity to an average of 150 minutes a week, per CDC guidelines. Either one of those adjustments can cut the risk of developing diabetes and its degenerative complications.

“Preventing type 2 diabetes also prevents increased risk of blindness, amputation, kidney disease” and other diseases,

Brown pointed out.

“Diabetes affects almost every organ in the body. So, preventing that [should] protect you from getting other secondary health conditions.”

To apply for the program, email the Diabetes Prevention Program at brancaticenter@jhmi.edu or call (410) 614-2701.

To enroll or learn more, visit Healthier2gether.org.

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From page 8 chemical senses. It works through specialized sensory cells called olfactory neurons, which are found in the nose.

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The researchers plan to replicate their findings from this study in more groups of older adults, and examine changes to individuals’ olfactory bulbs to determine if this system is, in fact, altered in those diagnosed with depression.

They also plan to examine if smell can be used in intervention strategies to mitigate the risk of late-life depression.

This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Aging.

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