title: The diabetes prevention program: a worksite experience.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine if the U.S. National Institutes of Health Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) could be successfully implemented in a worksite setting. Thirty-seven adult employees of BD Medical Systems of Sandy, Utah were enrolled in a single-group time-series study using the DPP. Two-hour oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and other outcomes were measured at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Weight, body mass index, waist circumference, 2-hour OGTT, very low density lipoproteins, triglycerides, and aerobic fitness were significantly improved at 6 and 12 months and showed overall significant improvement across time. Fasting blood insulin, total cholesterol, low density lipoproteins, and total cholesterol/high density lipoproteins ratio were significantly improved at 6 months, but not at 12 months. Eighteen of the program participants (51%) were no longer in the pre-diabetes and diabetes categories after 1 year. Existing worksite health promotion and occupational health professionals can successfully offer the DPP and help employees improve glucose tolerance.
authors.affiliation: College of Health and Human Performance, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Steven G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Aldana
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Frank G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Yanowitz
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: LaDonne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Loveday
authors.forename: JaNae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arbuckle
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: LaMonte
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D014589:Utah