
liveWELL is offering the Diabetes Prevention Program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to UI faculty and staff. You’ll get a full year of group support while focusing on strategies that work best for you to eat healthier, get more active, manage stress, and live a healthier lifestyle.
One-Year Program
During the first half of the program, you will meet once per week. Session topics include:
- Finding ways to incorporate healthy eating and meal planning into your routine.
- Finding ways to fit in physical activity.
- Respond to stress, coping with challenges, and getting back on track.
- Building long term healthy habits.
In the second half of the program, you will meet one or twice a month, enhance the skills you've learned, and your lifestyle coach and group will continue to support you.
Eligibility
You must meet all of the following criteria:
- University of Iowa faculty and staff in 50 percent or greater, regular positions
- Complete the Personal Health Assessment
- Be overweight (body mass index above 25)
- Have not been diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
- Not be pregnant
In addition, you must meet one of the following criteria:
- Have had a recent blood test in the pre-diabetes range, which includes one of the following tests and results:
- Hemoglobin A1C: 5.7–6.4 percent
- Fasting plasma glucose 100–125 mg/dL
- Two-hour plasma glucose (after a 75 gm glucose load) 140–199 mg/dL
- Have received a result of high risk for type 2 diabetes on the Prediabetes Risk Test
- A doctor previously diagnosed you with gestational diabetes
Upcoming Classes: Fall 2023
Wednesdays
Meets on Wednesdays from July 26, 2023 to June 5, 2024 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. on Zoom.
Info Sessions
Attending an online info session is required to register for the program. You only need to attend one info session.
- Thursday, July 6 - 12:10-12:50 p.m.
- Friday, July 7 - 12:10-12:50 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 11 - 12:10-12:50 p.m.
- Wednesday, July 12 - 12:10-12:50 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 18 - 12:10-12:50 p.m.
- Wednesday, July 19 - 12:10-12:50 p.m.
Stay tuned for more DPP offerings. liveWELL will continue to offer DPP virtually and in person at a variety of locations and times to be accessible to eligible employees across the UI campus.
Small Changes, Big Results
UI Diabetes Prevention Program Participant Success Stories