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.
Spring 2025 Program Details
The Spring 2025 Diabetes Prevention Program is a year-long commitment beginning in February 2025. 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 once per month, enhance the skills you've learned, and your lifestyle coach and group will continue to support you. Participants are expected to attend at least 12 of the 16 sessions in the first half and at least 4 of the 7 sessions in the second half, for a total minimum commitment of 16 out of 23 sessions.
All sessions (in-person and Zoom) are held on Thursdays from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. See below for exact session schedule.
Spring 2025 Session Dates
Register for Spring 2025 DPP
Meeting with a health coach to receive a referral is required to register for the program. Click below to sign up for your 45-minute referral appointment. Registration closes Thursday, February 13, 2025.
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
- Complete a referral appointment with a liveWELL Health Coach
- Have a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 (≥23, if Asian American)
- Have not been previously diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
- Not currently 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
Learn more about DPP Offerings
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
