Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coaches Help Reduce Prediabetes Rates
CHPPR的“通过预防和管理糖尿病，心脏病和中风来改善美国人的健康”项目有助于当地诊所实施国家糖尿病预防计划（DPP），以解决德克萨斯州预防糖尿病的增加和2型糖尿病的负担。DPP的一个关键组成部分是一项生活方式改变计划，该计划依靠生活方式教练来帮助参与者进行和维持可以帮助防止2型糖尿病的生活方式改变。
“Type 2 Diabetes is an epidemic that is preventable,” said Shavon LeBlanc, a certified DPP coach with CHPPR partnerFirst Mile Care。“有能力访问这些计划的人越多，我们将越改善他们的生活质量，并释放了医师资源来治疗其他疾病。”
One in three adults in the US has prediabetes. Prediabetes can be reversed, but left untreated can lead to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Fortunately, people with prediabetes who take part in a structured lifestyle change program can cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58% or more. That’s why CHPPR is working with organizations like First Mile Care andPerfect Lifestyle在德克萨斯州诊所实施DPP生活方式改变计划。
“Life Coaches are here to provide support and encouragement to participants throughout their journey of achieving their goals,” said Rachel Davis, a life coach with Perfect Lifestyle. “We meet with participants, listen, teach and offer advice that will lead to their success.
Lifestyle change programs coaches share information about diabetes prevention, debunk fitness and health myths, and encourage fitness and healthy eating in regular group sessions. They also work with participants individually on personalized weight loss and exercise goals and action plans, using the group as a source of support and encouragement.
“The accountability within the groups provides support in the participants' journey,” said LeBlanc. “We also provide classes specific to Spanish-speaking participants, and group activities are scheduled outside of the group to encourage physical activity as a lifestyle.”
在第一英里的护理生活方式计划中，目标是让参与者在一年中失去其起始体重的5-7％。勒布朗（Leblanc）的许多参与者在计划中仅六个月后，损失了超过5-7％的起始体重。
“First Mile Care has truly changed my life,” said Al Cisneros Jr., a First Mile Care DPP Participant “My DPP coach has given me the building blocks I need to maintain good health not only while I’m in the program, but for the long term.”
“I have seen participants reach their goals, and have fun while doing so,” said Davis. “They are able to exercise more, stop some of their medications or reduce their medications. One of my participants is no longer pre-diabetic, she lost 20lbs, and she is off her high blood pressure medication.”
对于勒布朗（LeBlanc），一位具有多年经验的药学博士，对休斯顿地区社区的教育如何降低其慢性病风险，该计划的成功和影响很明显。
“I feel like participants are empowered to take back their lives and their health,” LeBlanc said. “They can change and modify their eating habits, they can manage their stress, they can control their thoughts, they can have and live life abundantly! They can age with strength, vigor, and good health.”