REDEFINE YOUR HEALTH
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE
If you’re at risk for type 2 diabetes, you can make small, measurable changes that can reduce your risk and help you live a happier, healthier life.
Change is tough—we can help. The YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program gives you the skills you need and the support you deserve to make lasting, healthy lifestyle changes.
The West Morris Area YMCA complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
Program Features
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25 sessions delivered over the course of one year (9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/12, 2/26, 3/12, 3/26, 4/23, 5/21, 6/18, 7/2, 7/30, 8/27)
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Led by a trained Lifestyle Coach
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A group that offers motivation and support
- All Sessions meet on Wednesdays from 2:00-3:00 pm in the Community Room at the Y.
MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED
| WMAYMCA MEMBER | $399 |
| COMMUNITY MEMBER | $429 |
GROUP SUPPORT KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED
Everyone needs a push, a pat on the back, a helping hand sometimes. A little encouragement goes a long way when you’re making big changes. As a participant in the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program, you will take 25 classes over the course of a year surrounded by a group of supportive people with common goals who care about your well-being.
As a participant, you’ll enjoy:
• A safe space where you can feel comfortable sharing and learning in private.
• Making new friends. You will support each other as you all trade old habits for healthier new ones.
• Working as a group. You don’t have to figure this out alone.
• The new energy and confidence that comes with losing weight and reducing your risk for diabetes.
• The flexibility of beginning the program when it’s convenient for you. Classes begin with no fewer than 8 participants and no more than 15 participants. If there is space in a newly formed class, you can join up to the 4th session.
This interactive course is designed to be engaging.
IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH, BOOST YOUR ENERGY
To help reduce your risk for diabetes, your goal in the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is to reduce your body weight by 7% and increase your physical activity by at least 150 minutes per week within the first half of the program. For example, if you weigh 200 pounds your goal for the first half of the program would be to lose 14 pounds and increase your physical activity to what could be a brisk 30-minute walk, five days per week.
DO YOU QUALIFY?
To participate in the program, you must be:
• 18 years or older,
• Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)*, and
• Diagnosed with prediabetes via one of three blood tests or a previous diagnosis of gestational diabetes.**If you don’t have a blood test result, you must have a qualifying risk score.
Did you know?
• Eating too much sugar does not cause diabetes, but being overweight is a risk factor.
• People with prediabetes may not have any symptoms.
• An estimated 88 million Americans ages 20 years and older have prediabetes.
• And… more than 8 in 10 of those 88 million have NO IDEA they’re at risk.
National Institutes of Health research has shown that programs like the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program reduce the number of new cases of type 2 diabetes by 58% overall and by 71% in people over 60.
If you think you may qualify, and are interested in this program, email Ann Marie Peterson at annmarie@wmaymca.org or call 973 366 1120 ext. 5064
If you speak Spanish or Chinese, free language assistance services are available to you. Appropriate auxiliary aids and services to provide information in accessible formats are also available free of charge. Call 1-800-701-0710 (TTY: 1-800-701-0270) or speak to your provider. The Y is a leading nonprofit committed to improving the nation’s health. Financial assistance is available to those who qualify. Please contact the Y for more information.
