The Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) is a 9 month behaviour change programme that enables people who may be at risk of developing type 2 diabetes- known as pre-diabetes-to make lifestyle changes to help prevent or delay this.
The programme combines lifestyle advice with ongoing support and training to help create positive behaviour changes. Participants are encouraged to increase physical activity levels, achieve and maintain a healthy body weight, and looking at the key principles of eating a healthy diet.
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What is pre-diabetes
Being pre-diabetic doesn’t mean that you have diabetes. It means that your blood sugars are elevated more than normal, but not enough to be diagnosed as Type 2 Diabetes. Unfortunately, it does mean that you have a higher risk than others of developing Type 2 Diabetes.
But it’s important to realise – if you are pre-diabetic you can make changes to your diet and lifestyle which can bring your blood sugar levels back to normal.
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How to get referred to our service
Clients can only be referred to our programme by their GP Surgery following a recent blood test that has indicated that they are currently pre-diabetic.
Normal: HbA1c of less than 42mmol/mol
Pre-diabetes: HbA1c between 42-47mmol/mol
Type 2 Diabetes: HbA1c of 48mmol/mol and above
The DPP Team will then contact the client and invite them along to our next available programme.
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Service User Feedback
- I’m so glad my doctor put me forward for this programme as I have learned so much and have made some lifelong changes to my diet and lifestyle, thank you
- I found the program very informative and helpful.
- This is an excellent programme with a fantastic coach. I thought I would hate it, but in fact I enjoyed it and will miss the support
- It was rewarding to witness a preventative exercise like this being successful. I believe this is a template that should be made much more widely available. It must be so much more efficient and cost effective to prevent diabetes that to treat the resultant disease. I am now an advocate / ambassador for this programme
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Contact Details
Peter Irvine
Monday – Friday 9am-5pm with evening sessions available upon request
028 9250 1380
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