Cdc Diabetes Older Adults
Management Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Older Adults The cdc-led national diabetes prevention program (national dpp) provides the framework for type 2 diabetes prevention efforts in the united states. through the national dpp’s evidence-based, affordable lifestyle change program, adults with prediabetes learn to make healthy changes that can cut their risk of type 2 diabetes by as much as 58%. The death rate for african americans decreased 25% from 1999 to 2015.. african americans ages 18-49 are 2 times as likely to die from heart disease than whites.. african americans ages 35-64 years are 50% more likely to have high blood pressure than whites. For example, the diabetes prevention program research trial demonstrated that lifestyle intervention had its greatest impact in older adults and was effective in all racial and ethnic groups. translational studies of this work have also shown that delivery of the lifestyle intervention in group settings at the community level are also ef...