Diabetes Prevention Program

The Diabetes Prevention Program is a research-based program designed to help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The focus is on developing skills to lose weight, be more physically active, and manage stress. Read More

The Diabetes Prevention Program is a research-based program designed to help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The program's focus is on developing skills to lose weight, be more physically active and manage stress. Read More

New sessions of the Health Plus Diabetes Prevention Program, to be offered remotely, are planned to begin in early January 2021. Sign up for a virtual information session to learn more about the program. Read More

Attend a virtual information session to learn about the Diabetes Prevention Program. Register to attend the live session scheduled for Friday, May 29, at noon. Read More

Variation in the levels of hormones called natriuretic peptides may contribute to racial differences in susceptibility to diabetes, suggesting that this hormone system may be a target for reducing risk of the disease. Read More

Vanderbilt's Diabetes Prevention Program has demonstrated its effectiveness at helping employees lose weight as a means of preventing Type 2 diabetes and has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand the program using telehealth. Read More

Vanderbilt Health & Wellness has received a Certificate of Full Recognition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its Diabetes Prevention Program for employees. Read More

Health Plus is offering new sessions of the National Diabetes Prevention Program​ for faculty, staff or their spouses with prediabetes or a history of gestational diabetes. Read More

One of our favorite prediabetes success stories includes lifestyle overhaul and the help of a program focused on manageable change: Health Plus at Vanderbilt. Read More

You can now listen to the wellcast “Real Life Benefits of the Diabetes Prevention Program” to hear program graduates discuss the difference it has made in their health and their lives. Read More

Health Plus is offering new sessions of the national Diabetes Prevention Program​ for faculty, staff and/or their spouses with prediabetes or a history of gestational diabetes. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Health and Wellness has received a Certificate of Full Recognition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its diabetes prevention program for employees. Read More

Health Plus is offering new sessions of the national Diabetes Prevention Program for faculty and staff and their spouses with prediabetes or a history of gestational diabetes. Read More

Health Plus is offering new sessions of the National Diabetes Prevention Program for faculty, staff and their spouses with prediabetes or a history of gestational diabetes. Read More

Health Plus will soon begin a second session of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, which is proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes through group sessions with a trained lifestyle coach. Read More

This week’s wellcast focuses on the Diabetes Prevention Program, a Health Plus initiative geared toward Vanderbilt faculty and staff who have pre-diabetes or are at high risk for developing type-2 diabetes. Read More