During American Diabetes Month® this November, the American Diabetes Association is asking Coloradans to get involved simply by sharing high fives.
The high five is a universal positive sign of support. Let’s High Five Coloradans that are taking steps to improve their health, manage their diabetes or helping spread awareness for this disease that affects all of us. It’s easy to get involved! Show support for your employees and encourage them to make healthy changes in their life through Stop Diabetes @ Work – a research-based initiative that can be customized to fit within your existing wellness efforts or used a stand-alone healthy worksite program.
Benefits Include
- Employer Portal – Download turnkey materials that can be co-branded and shared with employees all year long.
- Online Employee Resources – Provide your employees access to online tools with healthy lifestyle advice, recipes, diabetes management information, and electronic trackers.
- American Diabetes Association Weight Talk® – Offer employees with or without diabetes personalized weight loss programs done over the phone and online with an evidence-based curriculum.
- Local American Diabetes Association Resources – Work with your local Association experts to develop a program that will meet the needs of your employees. Tailored education from local healthcare professionals on a variety of topics, including: Nutrition, Fitness, Stress Management, and Prevention/Diabetes Management.
How does diabetes impact you? Recent estimates project that as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes in 2050, and an additional 86 million Americans are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association estimates that the total national cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States is $245 billion.
Diabetes is a serious disease. If it isn’t managed, it can damage many parts of the body, leading to heart attacks, strokes, amputation, blindness, kidney failure and nerve damage. But there is good news: diabetes complications can be prevented or delayed by properly managing blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Eating healthy, being physically active and quitting smoking also can help lower the risk of diabetes complications or developing type 2 diabetes.
This American Diabetes Month, learn how you can implement Stop Diabetes @ Work in your workplace by visiting diabetes.org/atwork or contacting Sue Glass at [email protected]. To get involved in the High Five to Stop Diabetes fun visit facebook.com/adacolorado.