Reduce Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Minority Diabetes Reports Thursday, June 27th, 2013

BWHI:  June 24, 2013

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes—a potentially life-threatening condition where blood glucose levels are above normal—is a growing problem in the United States. Currently one in 10 Americans has the disease, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one in three is likely to have it by 2050 if the current trend continues.

In 2012, the Black Women’s Health Imperative (the Imperative) was selected along with five other national organizations to help carry out the CDC’s four-year National Diabetes Prevention Program to help reduce the rate of type 2 diabetes in this country.  The program offers a yearlong lifestyle change intervention that focuses on  preventing type 2 diabetes among persons at risk for developing diabetes and encouraging employers and insurers to offer the program as a covered health benefit.  Read more

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