A United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program, launched in 2012, that makes an evidence based lifestyle change program available nationally to adults at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, delivered in person, online, through distance learning or in combination. The program's curriculum grew out of the 1996 Diabetes Prevention Program clinical trial, which found that structured changes in diet and physical activity could outperform medication at preventing progression to type 2 diabetes, cutting risk by 58 percent overall and by 71 percent among participants aged 60 and older. By the mid-2020s the National DPP had reached nearly half a million participants since its founding, out of more than 88 million American adults the CDC estimates are at risk.
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Sponsoring BodyCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with public and private organizations 1 Target PopulationPeople with prediabetes or at risk of type 2 diabetes 1 Geographic Scope Measured ResultsParticipants in the structured lifestyle change program cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58 percent, and by 71 percent for people over 60 1 Connections
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US National DPP administered by CDC
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1. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official Site
US Centers for Disease Control and Preventioncdc.gov National DPP program page, creation-year sentence
The National Diabetes Prevention Program-or National DPP-was created in 2010 to address the increasing burden of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in the United States.
cdc.gov What Is the National DPP page, partnership sentence
The National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) is a partnership of public and private organizations.
cdc.gov What Is the National DPP page, target-population sentence
The National DPP works to make it easier for people with prediabetes or at risk of type 2 diabetes to participate in an affordable, high-quality lifestyle change program.
cdc.gov National DPP program page, risk-reduction sentence
Research showed that people with prediabetes who joined a structured lifestyle change program could cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58% (71% for people over 60 years old).
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