Findings are subject to incomplete reporting and heterogeneity of studies included , and confounding because most included studies used pre-post study design s. CONCLUSIONS DPP lifestyle modification programs achieved clinical ly meaningful weight and cardiometabolic health improvements .
Together , these data suggest that additional value is gained from these programs , reinforcing that they are likely very cost-effective
BACKGROUND The Diabetes Prevention Program ( DPP ) study showed that weight loss in high-risk adults lowered diabetes incidence and cardiovascular disease risk .
No prior analyses have aggregated weight and cardiometabolic risk factor changes observed in studies implementing DPP interventions in non research setting s in the United States .
The Diabetes Prevention Program: A Worksite Experience
The purpose of this study was to determine if the U.S. National Institutes of Health Diabetes Prevention Program ( DPP ) could be successfully implemented in a worksite setting . Thirty-seven adult employees of BD Medical Systems of S and y , Utah were enrolled in a single-group time-series study using the DPP . Two-hour oral glucose tolerance tests ( OGTT ) and other outcomes were measured at baseline , 6 months , and 12 months . Weight , body mass index , waist circumference , 2-hour OGTT , very low density lipoproteins , triglycerides , and aerobic fitness were significantly improved at 6 and 12 months and showed overall significant improvement across time . Fasting blood insulin , total cholesterol , low density lipoproteins , and total cholesterol/high density lipoproteins ratio were significantly improved at 6 months , but not at 12 months . Eighteen of the program participants ( 51 % ) were no longer in the pre-diabetes and diabetes categories after 1 year . Existing worksite health promotion and occupational health professionals can successfully offer the DPP and help employees improve glucose tolerance
Findings are subject to incomplete reporting and heterogeneity of studies included , and confounding because most included studies used pre-post study design s. CONCLUSIONS DPP lifestyle modification programs achieved clinical ly meaningful weight and cardiometabolic health improvements .
Together , these data suggest that additional value is gained from these programs , reinforcing that they are likely very cost-effective
BACKGROUND The Diabetes Prevention Program ( DPP ) study showed that weight loss in high-risk adults lowered diabetes incidence and cardiovascular disease risk .
No prior analyses have aggregated weight and cardiometabolic risk factor changes observed in studies implementing DPP interventions in non research setting s in the United States .