Diabetes Education
Our diabetes educators work with both children/adolescents and adults, and help clients (and their families) learn how to make healthy eating and physical activity a part of daily life. Diabetes educators can help you understand how your medications work, teach you how to monitor your blood sugar to avoid the risk of complications, and give you encouragement and support so you can problem-solve and adjust emotionally and physically to living with diabetes. We will also send your referring physician status updates so he or she can monitor your progress.
Working with a diabetes educator at the Diabetes and Nutrition Center of East Alabama Health (DANC) can lead to a number of positive results, such as:
- Improved blood sugar levels
- Reduced risk of developing complications
- Weight loss
- Overall positive behavior change through lifestyle modification
Diabetes Prevention Program – Prevent T2
The Diabetes Prevention Program is a proven program to help you reduce your risk for getting type 2 diabetes. Participants who have prediabetes and attend this program can reduce their risk for getting type 2 diabetes by 50%!
This program includes weekly sessions with a trained lifestyle coach to help you lose weight, eat healthier, be more physically active, and manage stress. This program is more than a class, but a group of people who are supporting and encouraging each other throughout the entire process.
Please call 334-528-6800 or email dpp@eamc.org for more information about our program.