New Diabetes Prevention Campaign Extended to Organizations, Industry

When: February 12, 2003
Where: Washington, D.C.
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease

The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) is co-sponsored by the NIDDK and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. In February, 200 partner organizations met in Washington, DC, to extend the partnership from the diabetes community to organizations and industry that are interested in physical activity and nutrition. "Small Steps. Big Rewards" is the new diabetes prevention campaign that is based on the scientific results of a multi-center clinical trial that showed that a lifestyle intervention including modest improvements in physical activity and nutrition can result in substantial benefits in preventing type 2 diabetes. HHS Deputy Secretary Claude Allen emphasized the benefits of the NDEP message to the African American community and Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona emphasized the need for the message of physical activity to reach the American public to help curb the current epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Next steps:
A "Game Plan for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes" for health care providers and people at risk for type 2 diabetes and campaign information are available at http://ndep.nih.gov/get-info/dpi.htm or by calling (800) 438-5383. Joanne Gallivan, NIDDK/OCPL is Director of the NDEP and can be reached at (301) 496-3583.

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