[PACapitalChapter] Accessible Pharmacy Services Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)

[Brian Mackey]

Accessible Pharmacy Services Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)

 

Join the Accessible Pharmacy Services Blind Diabetes Lifestyle Coaches on a
journey to a healthier you! Get healthy, stay healthy, and avoid diabetes
with this program fully funded by insurance.

 

Who Can Join? If you are age 18+ and identify with any of the following: 

*	Being overweight
*	Age 45+
*	Having a parent or sibling with type 2 diabetes
*	Being physically active less than 3 times per week
*	History of giving birth to a baby that weighed more than 9 pounds
*	History of having diabetes while pregnant (gestational diabetes)
*	African American, Hispanic/Latino American, Pacific Islander, or
Asian American

 

Goals:

1.	Lose weight through healthy eating
2.	Increase physical activity
3.	Learn to identify and address barriers to healthy eating and
physical activity

 

Duration (1-Year):

*	22 virtual sessions with blind coaches over 1 year

 

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has proven
success:

*	Participants lowered their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by
58%.
*	Participants ages 60+ lowered their risk of developing type 2
diabetes by 71%.

 

Contact Us to Register Now!

Lynn Heitz, Diabetes Lifestyle Coach: 215-208-7582

Mary Ann Grignon, Diabetes Lifestyle Coach: 570-807-1276

Email Us:  <mailto:info at AccessiblePharmacy.com> info at AccessiblePharmacy.com 

The NFB of PA is forwarding the above notice as a courtesy to our
membership.