The PreventT2 program helps prevent type 2 diabetes
Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. is offering the PreventT2 program as a free service to all Eastern Shore Rural Health patients with prediabetes. The PreventT2 lifestyle change program is part of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This program will help participants make modest lifestyle changes and cut their risk of type 2 diabetes by more than half.
The program begins Thursday July 11 at 2 p.m. at the Onley Community Health Center at 20306 Badger Lane. To enroll in the PreventT2 program call Bayview (757-331-1086), Chincoteague (757-336-3682) or Onley (757-787-7374) centers and press 6 for the health educator. Call the Atlantic (757-824-5676) or Franktown (757-442-4819) centers and press 1 for medical services, then 6 for health education.