{"id":80235,"date":"2017-04-28T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80235"},"modified":"2017-04-27T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T23:42:13","slug":"herkimer-county-healthnet-to-offer-free-national-diabetes-prevention-program-in-ilion-and-dolgeville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80235","title":{"rendered":"Herkimer County HealthNet to offer free national diabetes prevention program in Ilion and Dolgeville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=67075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67075\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-67075\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-300x92.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-150x46.png 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mohawk Valley residents with prediabetes or who are at high risk for type 2 diabetes now have more resources to prevent the condition. Herkimer County HealthNet is offering the National Diabetes Prevention Program. The program helps participants reduce their risk for type 2 diabetes by learning to eat healthier, lose weight, become more physically active, and manage stress.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>HCHN is offering this free program at two locations. One program will begin on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2106341616\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday, May 23<\/span><\/span>, and will meet every <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2106341617\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span> for 16 weeks, from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2106341618\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5pm to 6 pm<\/span><\/span> at the Ilion Free Public Library, 78 West St. Ilion. After the first 16 weeks, the program will meet once monthly for six months to continue to offer <!--more-->support and help participants stick to their new healthy lifestyle. The second program will begin on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2106341619\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday, May 25<\/span><\/span>, and will meet every <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2106341620\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday<\/span><\/span> for 16 weeks, from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2106341621\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6:30pm to 7:30 pm<\/span><\/span> at the Dolgeville- Manheim Public Library, 24 N. Main St. Dolgeville.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Prediabetes is defined as having a blood glucose (sugar) level that is higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. A person with prediabetes is at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, which can lead to serious health problems such as heart disease, and stroke. While many are familiar with type 2 diabetes, fewer are aware of prediabetes, a serious health condition that affects 86 million Americans (more than 1 in 3) and often leads to type 2 diabetes.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall changes can prevent diabetes, with this program we are hoping to spark a change because the reality is that the majority of the public is either unaware or does not take prediabetes seriously,\u201d said\u00a0Elyse Enea Bellows Program Coordinator of Herkimer County HealthNet.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in attending the Diabetes Prevention Program, contact Herkimer County HealthNet at <a href=\"tel:315-867-1552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">315-867-1552<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:eenea@herkimercounty.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eenea@herkimercounty.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohawk Valley residents with prediabetes or who are at high risk for type 2 diabetes now have more resources to prevent the condition. Herkimer County HealthNet is offering the National Diabetes Prevention Program. The program helps participants reduce their risk for type 2 diabetes by learning to eat healthier, lose weight, become more physically active, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}