DPP focuses on prediabetes. At this early stage, practical, everyday steps may reverse prediabetes and help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle changes are the key. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, type 2 diabetes threatens 1 in 3 Americans, and 9. DPP works with your health plan to help you: Know your prediabetes risk. Find out if you have prediabetes.
Learn how to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Eligibility requirements. DPP is available at no cost to PEBB Program members if you: Are at least age 1. Are enrolled in a PEBB Program medical plan. Don't have Medicare as your primary insurance.
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Meet DPP blood sugar criteria (a blood sugar test result in the prediabetes range), or a score 9 or higher on the Risk Quiz. Meet body mass index (BMI) criteria. How to sign up. You can sign up for the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) classes if: You completed a blood sugar test with a result in the prediabetes range.
You scored 9 or higher on the Risk Quiz. ANDYou have met the body mass index criteria.

Call the Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance (DPCA) at 1- 8. Find out if you meet the DPP blood sugar and BMI criteria. Take the risk quiz.
Find out if you are at risk for developing diabetes (score of 9 or higher and meet the body mass index criteria). Get a blood sugar test. Work with your doctor or attend a worksite testing event to find out if you test in the prediabetes range. If your results are in the prediabetes range, you can sign up for the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).
Worksite testing events. The PEBB Programs works to bring testing events to many state agencies and higher- education institutions throughout Washington. These events are available at no cost to eligible PEBB Program members. To find out about an upcoming event, contact your worksite wellness coordinator. If you need more help, or do not know who your worksite wellness coordinator is, contact Washington Wellness. Blood sugar tests.
The following tests can measure how much sugar is in your bloodstream. Find out if you fall in the prediabetes or diabetes range for each test type: Blood sugar test types. Test type. Prediabetes range. Diabetes range. 1.
Fasting blood glucose test. Between 1. 00 and 1. LOver 1. 26 mg/d. L2. Oral glucose tolerance test. Between 1. 40 and 1.
LOver 2. 00 mg/d. L3. A1. C test. Between 5. Over 6. 4%DPP classes. The DPP provides a 1. The DPP classes include nutrition counseling, private weekly weigh- ins, a detailed program handbook, and follow- up monthly maintenance. Eligible PEBB Program members with prediabetes can join and learn simple steps to: Eat healthier.
Boost activity levels. Lose a modest amount of weight. Clinical research shows that following these steps can reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by almost 6. If you're over the age of 6.
Lifestyle changes have been found to be more effective than medication. If you already have diabetes. Contact your plan to find out about their diabetes support.