The document summarizes the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program. It notes that 25.8 million Americans have diabetes and 79 million have prediabetes. The program is based on a NIH study that showed lifestyle interventions can prevent or delay diabetes. The YMCA program aims for a 7% weight loss and 150 minutes of physical activity per week. It has been successful across demographic groups. Over 4,000 people have enrolled in 261 YMCA locations across the US. In NYC, the program has held classes in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with over 50% of participants achieving the weight loss goal.

1. FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
FOR HEALTHY LIVING
FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
YMCA Diabetes
Prevention Program
CREATING POWERFUL ALLIANCES
COLIN L. POWELL CENTER
May 2, 2012

2. Statistics
DIABETES
•25.8 million Americans
PREDIABETES
•79 million Americans (35% of all adults) with progression to diabetes at rate of
5 – 15% per year
DIABETES
•25.8 million Americans
NEW YORK CITY
• 23.5% or approximately 1.4 million New Yorkers have pre-diabetes.
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3. Research
DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM –based on the original National Institutes of Health
( NIH ) led study.
•27 research sites (centers)
•3,234 participants
•25 years or older
•BMI > or = 24 (22 for Asian)
•Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Fasting Blood Glucose
LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION An intensive program with the following specific
goals:
•> 7% loss of body weight and maintenance of weight loss
•> 150 minutes per week of physical activity
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4. Research
DPP LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION WORKED FOR:
•All ethnic/racial groups
•Men and women
•All adults, especially those over age 60
DEPLOY
Diabetes Education & Prevention with a Lifestyle Intervention Offered at the YMCA
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5. Study done at the Indiana University School of Medicine and piloted in the YMCA’s of Greater
Indianapolis. Results were better than those collected in a clinical environment.
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7. History of National Rollout
From 2005-2009 – 1 Y with a few program locations
From 2009– June 2010 – 2 Ys with a handful of program locations
Initial funding to disseminate the
program by CDC
June 2010-December 2011 – 50 Y’s with more than 170 locations in 26 states
Trained more than 500 Life style
coaches – NYC included
Program reimbursable by insurers /employers through
the Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance- DPCA
January 2012 – present- Program is available in 261 locations, 186 Y and 75
nonY. 651 coaches have been trained. A total of 4,166
people have enrolled and attended the program. This is
roughly 1/3 more than were enrolled in the original NIH
trial.
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8. Snap shot of NYC program
Pilot classes held in 2010
2 at Vanderbilt- Manhattan- funding secured through CDC
3 at Bedford Stuyvesant- funding secured through NYS foundation
52 participants enrolled – 56% reach weight loss goal of 5% or higher
January 2011 – August 2011
11 Classes roll out throughout NYC
75 participants enrolled - 45% of the participants reached the 5% or higher
January 2012- present
15 Classes roll out in January
119 participants
*4 classes are being held at Montefiore Clinics
*1 class is being held at Mt. Sinai
*all participants are physician referred
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9. THANK YOU
Judy Ouziel
Senior Executive Director,
Strategic Initiatives
YMCA of Greater New York