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News & InformationCDC Statements on Diabetes IssuesCDC STATEMENT ON RESULTS OF DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAMCDC STATEMENT ON RESULTS OF DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM
The following is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statement on the recently announced results of the Diabetes Prevention Program. The study concluded that it is possible to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. 1. What is the Diabetes Prevention Program? The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a 27-center randomized clinical trial that studied more than 3,200 adults who were 25 years or older and who were at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Participants in the DPP included 55 percent who were Caucasian and 45 percent who were minorities -- 20 percent African American, 16 percent Hispanic, 5 percent American Indian, 4 percent Asian American. The DPP evaluated the effectiveness of the following ways to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes:
2. How was increased risk for getting diabetes determined in the study participants? Their blood glucose or sugar was higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be diabetes. All were overweight, most were obese, and most had a family history of type 2 diabetes. 3. What were the major findings of the DPP?
4. What do these results mean to American adults at high risk of getting type 2 diabetes?
5. Should all adults be tested for type 2 diabetes?
6. Do the DPP results also apply to children?
7. What was CDC's role in the DPP? CDC scientists collaborated with the study team and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health to develop the lifestyle intervention; to design the ongoing economic evaluation; and to design the screening and eligibility requirements of study participants. CDC also provided technical assistance as well as about $2 million for the study. 8. Now that the results of the DPP are in, what are CDC's next steps?
9. What are the implications of the DPP results for CDC's 59 state and territorial diabetes prevention and control programs (DPCPs) and other local programs? CDC supports 59 state and territorial DPCPs. These programs focus on community interventions, health communications, and health systems changes to prevent diabetes complications and to improve the health and quality of life for all people with diabetes. DPCPs and their partners help translate promising science into practice to prevent the devastating complications of diabetes, including blindness, amputations, kidney disease, and heart disease. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death ( NVSR 2000;vol. 49, #12 (PDF - 2.32 MB) Learn more about PDFs). With the recent epidemic increases in obesity and diabetes, ensuring that all people with diabetes benefit from what we already know is an enormous challenge. Based on the findings of the DPP, the following are immediate implications for DPCPs:
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