Region 7 NC Minority Diabetes Prevention Program

The Minority Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) is a statewide effort between local health departments to keep North Carolinians with prediabetes from developing type 2 diabetes and other health problems. Granville Vance Public Health helps to manage MDPP classes throughout the following counties: Granville, Vance, Halifax, Warren, Franklin, Nash, Wake, and Johnston. Trained lifestyle coaches lead classes using the PreventT2 curriculum developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The curriculum is proven to help people with prediabetes prevent or delay development of type 2 diabetes. Why join the Minority Diabetes Prevention Program? The Diabetes Prevention lifestyle change program can help you lose weight, become more physically active, and reduce stress. Joining MDPP offers: A proven curriculum to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes A trained lifestyle coach A FREE year-long program with weekly meetings for the first 6 months, then once or twice a month for the second 6 months Support from others like you as you learn new skills