Category: Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 medications: Powerful tools for weight loss, made better when paired with a healthy lifestyle.

There is a frenzy of attention on the new weight loss drugs like Ozempic (diabetes), Wegovy (chronic weight management), and others.  And it's for good reason as the weight loss results are compelling with these GLP-1 receptor agonist medications.   Based on their popularity for treating diabetes and for general weight loss, they appear here to stay. And with [...]
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incentaHEALTH Recognized by CDC for Innovation in Diabetes Prevention

incentaHEALTH Recognized by CDC for Innovation in Diabetes Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) recently conducted a nationwide search to identify innovation solutions to help engage and retain people in the National Diabetes Prevention Program. The goal of the program is to identify and evaluate retention strategies that address barriers rooted in social determinants of health (SDOH) impacting the implementation of [...]
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incentaHEALTH partners with Crook County Health Department to provide #PreventDiabetes Program to the rural and frontier areas

incentaHEALTH has partnered with the Crook County Medical Services District to provide a select number of seats in the #PreventDiabetes program to an in-need area of the state. incentaHEALTH launched the #PreventDiabetes program with the State of Wyoming in July of 2021 and after seeing its success, Crook County reserved a number of seats specifically for [...]
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incentaHEALTH and Health Links™ Digital Diabetes Risk Tool Now Available in Spanish

  Health Links™, a research-to-practice program within the Center for Health, Work & Environment at the Colorado School of Public Health, has partnered with digital health company incentaHEALTH to enhance a digital tool to increase diabetes risk awareness for employers. The goal is to increase availability and accessibility to Diabetes Prevention Programs to employees through employer [...]
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incentaHEALTH’s #PreventDiabetes program is Awarded another 3 Years of Full CDC Recognition

#PreventDiabetes is built upon incentaHEALTH’s core weight management program that has been helping individuals achieve and maintain a healthy weight through online coaching, patented photographed progress tracking, and incentives for meaningful change. incentaHEALTH brings a low cost alternative to the traditional classroom based diabetes prevention programs.  Over the last three years incentaHEALTH has worked with organizations [...]
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What is the National DPP?

In the United States an estimated 88 million - that’s 1 in 3 adults - has prediabetes. More shocking, 90% don’t know they have it.  The National DPP Program To address this rising health crisis, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) created the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP). The National DPP is a network of [...]
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University of Utah Health Partners with incentaHEALTH to Offer Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program to Utah Residents

University of Utah Health and Colorado-based digital health company incentaHEALTH are working together to help Utah residents improve their health with a virtual lifestyle change program #PreventDiabetes by incentaHEALTH. “One in three American adults has prediabetes, and 84% don’t know they are at risk,” said Ellen Maxfield, University of Utah Diabetes Prevention Program Director. “Lifestyle change [...]
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The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and incentaHEALTH partner to offer Type 2 diabetes prevention

The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is working with incentaHEALTH to offer incentaHEALTH’s virtual diabetes prevention program, #PreventDiabetes, to Connecticut community members. #PreventDiabetes is a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) fully recognized virtual National Diabetes Prevention Program.  The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is conducting a research project working to improve the health in low income communities by [...]
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