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One-Year DPP Group Lifestyle Balance™ Curriculum:
The DPP GLB is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for application to the National Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program.
Click here for a summary of major curriculum revisions from the 2011 version.
Complete DPP Group Lifestyle Balance for Print includes all Leader’s Guides and Participants Handouts for the full one-year program. (536 pages)
DPP Group Lifestyle Balance Leader Guides includes only the Leader’s Guide for the full one-year program. (205 pages)
DPP Group Lifestyle Balance Participant Handouts includes only the Participant Handouts for the full one-year program. (283 pages)
The recommended schedule for program delivery and all Core and Post-Core Participant Handouts and Leader’s Guides are listed below.
Month 1 weekly, 4 per month
1: Welcome to the Diabetes Prevention Program: Group Lifestyle Balance (Handout, Leader Guide) 2: Be a Calorie Detective (Handout, Leader Guide) 3: Healthy Eating (Handout, Leader Guide) 4: Move Those Muscles (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 2 weekly, 4 per month
5: Tip the Calorie Balance (Handout, Leader Guide) 6: Take Charge of What’s Around You (Handout, Leader Guide) 7: Problem Solving (Handout, Leader Guide) 8: Step Up Your Physical Activity Plan (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 3 weekly, 4 per month
9: Manage Slips and Self-Defeating Thoughts (Handout, Leader Guide) 10: Four Keys to Healthy Eating Out (Handout, Leader Guide) 11: Make Social Cues Work for You (Handout, Leader Guide) 12: Ways to Stay Motivated (Handout, Leader Guide)
Core-Transition Sessions fade frequency
Month 4 bi-weekly, 2 per month
13: Strengthen Your Physical Activity Plan (Handout, Leader Guide) 14: Take Charge of Your Lifestyle (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 5 bi-weekly, or monthly
15: Mindful Eating, Mindful Movement (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 6 bi-weekly, or monthly
16: Manage Your Stress (Handout, Leader Guide)
Support Sessions variable sequence
Month 7 monthly
17: Sit Less For Your Health (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 8 monthly
18: More Volume, Fewer Calories (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 9 monthly
19: Stay Active (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 10 monthly
20: Balance Your Thoughts (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 11 monthly
21: Heart Health (Handout, Leader Guide)
Month 12 monthly
22: Look Back and Look Forward (Handout, Leader Guide)
Companion Materials for the DPP GLB Physical Activity Sessions: Pedometer Packet Resistance Training Packet Stretching Packet Click here for the 2011 DPP Group Lifestyle Balance Complete Curriculum The 2017 DPP GLB Curriculum is not currently available in Spanish. Click here for the 2011 Spanish Curriculum.
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