Orange Regional Medical Center To Offer Free Diabetes Prevention Program

Orange Regional Medical Center will offer a free, 12-month Diabetes Prevention Program beginning March 2, 2020 and March 6, 2020. Sessions will take place at Orange Regional Medical Center’s Community Health Education Center at 110 Crystal Run Road in Middletown, NY. The Monday sessions will meet from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. and the Friday sessions will meet from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Participants may select one of the two sessions. This program is family friendly and we encourage parents and grandparents caring for children to attend.  A play space will be available in the room for small children.

Pre-diabetes is a serious health condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough, yet, to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Approximately 84 million American adults have pre-diabetes. Of those with pre-diabetes, 90% don’t know they have it. Orange Regional Medical Center’s Diabetes Prevention Program can help individuals make lifestyle changes to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems.

Orange Regional Medical Center has adopted the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. The diabetes prevention program is designed to teach individuals how to make better food choices, increase physical activity and provide helpful ways to cope with problems and stress. The program lasts one year, with 16 sessions taking place once a week and six to eight more sessions meeting once a month. Qualified participants will work together to achieve their goals, under the guidance of our certified lifestyle coaches.

Criteria for entry into the Diabetes Prevention Program include:

• A positive screening for pre-diabetes based on the CDC Pre-diabetes Screening Test. For more details visit www.ormc.org/dpp

• Being at least 18-years- old
• Being overweight (body mass index ≥25; ≥23 if Asian)
• Having NO previous diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes
• Having a blood test result in the pre-diabetes range within the past year:
  • Hemoglobin A1C: 5.7%–6.4%
  • Fasting plasma glucose: 100–125 mg/dL or
  • Two-hour plasma glucose (after a 75 gm glucose load): 140–199 mg/dL
• History of diagnosed gestational diabetes during a previous pregnancy

To learn more about the Diabetes Prevention Program or to find out if you qualify, please call 845-333-2711, then press 2 or visit www.ormc.org/dpp.