Life! Taking Action on Diabetes 

Are you over 50 and ignoring your risk? Type 2 diabetes is serious. The good news is a Life! course can help you prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes and is free for most people. Diabetes Australia – Vic is coordinating the State Government funded program called Life! Taking Action on Diabetes, a new evidence-based type 2 diabetes prevention program targeting people 50 years of age and over. It is a tailored lifestyle behavioural change course which involves six 90 minute group sessions which take place over a period of eight months. The tailored course can help you feel better and live longer to spend more time with your family and friends. The number of new cases of type 2 diabetes can be halved in people at high risk who have attended a lifestyle course. To be eligible to take part in a course, you must complete a FREE Diabetes Risk Test and score 15 or more (which means you are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes within the next 5 years) and visit your doctor for confirmation of your results and a referral to a course in your area. Those people who already have diabetes are not eligible to participate. You can download a copy of the risk test for free by visiting http://www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au/life or get a free copy mailed by calling 13 RISK (13 7475). CEB is delighted to be a Life! course provider in 2009 Courses will be scheduled across the region soon.