By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Adams Memorial Hospital has announced that it will be offering a new series of Diabetes Prevention Classes starting in late October.
Evening classes will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 25, while daytime classes will begin on Thursday, Oct. 26. The classes will take place in Conference Room D, previously the Geneva Room, at the hospital.
“If you have prediabetes or other risk factors for type 2 diabetes, now is the time to take charge of your health and make a change,” hospital officials said in making the announcement.
“Prevent Type 2 Diabetes” is part of a National Diabetes Prevention Program, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“The class features an approach that is proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes,” hospital officials said. “By improving food choices and increasing physical activity, you can lose 5 to 7 percent of your body weight. If you have prediabetes, these lifestyle changes can cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes in half.”
“Prediabetes can lead to type 2 diabetes; 1 out of 3 American adults have prediabetes, and most of them do not know it.”
To register for the classes and/or for more information, including fees, call Lisa McAfee, RN and Certified Diabetes Educator and Life Coach, at the hospital: (260) 724-2145, ext. 11107.
Hospital officials noted that of the 41 hospitals that offer the Diabetes Prevention Programs in Indiana, Adams Memorial Hospital is 1 of 12 that are fully recognized in the state of Indiana by the CDC.
PHOTO: Lisa Mcafee (center), RN and Certified Diabetes Educator with Adams Memorial Hospital, is with Mike and Bonnie Crosby (left) and Richard and Sheryl Howard. Both couples took the Diabetes Prevention Class at the hospital last year and say the had great results The class is being offered again this year, in late October.
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