YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program Launches Charleston Cohort | Health, medicine and fitness
CHARLESTON – Program is changing the lives of people with prediabetes thanks to help from the Mattoon Area Family YMCA.
In 2018, the Coles Community Health Group saw a need in the community to provide supportive and preventive services to people at the point of developing diabetes.
Emily Hayden, director of wellness for the Mattoon YMCA, jumped at the chance to support doctors and patients who were looking to make permanent, healthy changes.
“The Y is in a unique position to provide this service to support our healthcare system,” said Hayden. “As a community organization, the YMCA can seem like a less intimidating place than a doctor’s office or a hospital.
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With vision and support, Hayden began to implement a nationally recognized program called the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program. The program is designed to serve people with prediabetes. Prediabetes increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Prediabetes affects an estimated 86 million Americans aged 20 or older, but only 10% know they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
The first cohort was launched in March 2019. The program is designed to help adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes reduce their risk by adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle by eating healthier and increasing blood pressure. physical activity.
During the program, participants receive support and encouragement from a trained lifestyle coach and other participants. The program consists of 25 one-hour sessions delivered over the course of a year. Participants also receive a YMCA membership as part of the program.
A new cohort will be launched in Charleston on Monday, June 14. Those interested in participating can contact their doctor or call Emily at 217-234-9494.
Cohorts have also been offered in Mattoon, Toledo and online. Even if a cohort does not start at a convenient time and place, the Y will work with participants to begin their health and prevention journey as soon as they are ready.
More information on the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is available online at www.mattoonymca.org.
PHOTOS: Looking back at Mattoon companies over the years
Mattoon Area Educational Extension Center
1965: The school is located in the old Humble Oil Co. building on Route 45 on the south side of Mattoon.
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Societe Generale Électrique.
1950: Proof that flash photography has become a national hobby is the General Electric Co.’s Mattoon factory, which almost exclusively manufactures flash bulbs. Some larger wattage incandescent or regular bulbs are also made here.
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Ellen kay
1989: Pat and Rodney Williamson are ready to have dinner. Owner Leonard Losch watches Ellen Kay’s.
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Place Rudy East
1992: A cyclist rides along East Rudy Street where a row of new duplexes have been built, alongside a subsidized housing project.
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E. Rudy Place
1992: A group of children line up to challenge the winner to a tie-up ball game at the E. Rudy Street Housing Project.
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City center branch
1985: aerial view of downtown Mattoon.
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Douglas Nursing Center
1977: The acquisition of the Douglas Nursing Center will complete another phase of the Wesley Tower care package.
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Consolidated Telemarketing Association (CTA)
1991: CTA’s office is carpeted, air-conditioned, well-lit, and includes workstations designed according to employee needs. Telemarketers generated $ 435 billion in sales last year. For every customer who says yes, 99 say no.
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Illinois Central Public Service (CIPS)
1959: The East Division of CIPS completes its move into the new building in Mattoon. The structure has 36 offices and 23,000 square feet of office space.
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Burtschi
1988: Burtschi is the first Illinois store south of Springfield to carry Hummel figures.
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Blaw-Knox
1963: A new line of paving equipment is presented by the Mattoon Blaw Knox factory at the Construction Equipment Exposition and Road Show in Chicago.
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Anaconda
1959: In an effort to better meet the growing needs of the Midwest, Southwest, and Wild West market for flexible metal pipe and tubing, American Brass Co. builds its American Metal Hose Division plant in Mattoon.
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