Reduce your risk for developing diabetes
In the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, a trained lifestyle coach will introduce topics in a supportive, small-group environment and encourage participants as they explore how healthy eating, physical activity, behavior changes and weight loss can help them reduce their risk of developing diabetes.
The YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program uses a CDC-approved curriculum and is part of the CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program.
Find a YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program Near You
There are several ways to verify if a Y near you offers the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program:
- Enter your city, state or zip code in the map below to locate a Y that accepts private health insurance payment, employer payment or self-payment for the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program.
- Medicare users, check the box next to "Medicare is accepted" in the map below for Ys providing Medicare Diabetes Prevention Programs.
If your Y does not offer YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, ask about other chronic disease prevention and wellness programs that are available, or click here to learn more.
Some health plans have contracted with local YMCAs to cover the cost of the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. Please contact your health plan to ask whether the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is a covered benefit for you, and if so, which local YMCAs are in your health plan’s network and able to accept your health insurance as payment.
Are You at Risk?
Take this quick quiz to help determine if you may be at risk of developing diabetes or prediabetes.
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Join Us for the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program
Enter your city, state, or zip code to locate a participating location for the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program in your community.
- Enter your ZIP code above to find locations.
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Quiz attribution: Based on Herman WH, Smith PJ, Thomason TJ, Englegau MM, Aubert RE. A new and simple questionnaire to identify people at risk for undiagnosed diabetes. Diabetes Care 1995 Mar;18(3);382-7.
Disclaimer: YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program (“YMCA’s DPP”) uses a CDC-approved curriculum and is part of the CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program. YMCA of the USA offers access to YMCA’s DPP through a network of local YMCAs, and YMCA’s DPP may or may not be a covered benefit under your health insurance policy, worksite wellness program, Medicare Plan, or other applicable federally funded healthcare program. To find out whether YMCA’s DPP is covered under your policy and to determine any cost-sharing responsibilities, contact your insurance company, health plan administrator, wellness program sponsor, Medicare or Medicaid. Any dispute regarding coverage of YMCA’s DPP should be brought to your insurance provider or benefit program administrator. Neither YMCA of the USA nor any local YMCA warrants or guarantees any specific outcome for YMCA’s DPP participants with respect to diabetes prevention.
