Harrison County Dining with Diabetes

Dining with Diabetes

What is Dining with Diabetes?

• A program for people with diabetes and their family members to learn about ways to address the challenges and promote healthy living.
• A series of three classes featuring learning, demonstrations, and tasting of healthy foods.

Learn more by calling the Harrison County WVU Extension office at 304-624-8650.

Diabetes Prevention

This is a program for pre-diabetic Harrison County residents

Group Lifestyle Balance™ is a 10-month, 22 session evidence-based program in which participants work toward achieving two main goals:

1. Increase physical activity to 150 minutes weekly. 
   
2. Lose 5-7% of body weight.
   

This program features a lifestyle coach who works with participants to provide education and assistance in achieving these goals. Participants are monitored and regularly attend group sessions.

To be eligible to participate, a resident must:

• Be at least age 18
• Have a BMI >24 kg/m2
• No previous diagnosis of diabetes
• Be able to participate in at least 150 minutes physical activity per week
• Have pre-diabetes or be at high risk for pre-diabetes/diabetes
• Impaired Fasting Glucose (100-125 mg/dl) OR
• Impaired Glucose Tolerance (2-hour, 75g
• Oral Glucose Tolerance Test 140-199 mg/dl) OR
• A1c 5.7% to 6.4%

• Commit to a change in your diet and physical activity habits
• Attend group sessions regularly
• Monitor your daily food intake and physical activity for the duration of the program
• Track and record information for the program
• Work toward achieving program goals 

• Set goals for participants with lifestyle changes in diet and physical activity
• Provide education and tools that enable lifestyle changes
• Lead group sessions and answer questions
• Monitor weekly progress
• Provide encouragement and counseling to overcome obstacles
• Encourage participants to achieve their goals

Call the  Harrison County Extension Office at 304-624-8650  or email the Harrison County Extension Office about Dining with Diabetes program and other healthy eating opportunities.

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