Pre-Diabetes Awareness Night

Major Health Partners is hosting a Pre-Diabetes Awareness Night. This Pre-Diabetes Awareness Night will be held at the MHP Medical Center on Thursday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m. and will include an informative presentation on pre-diabetes by MHP Clinical Nutrition Services Manager & Certified Diabetes Educator, Lisa Schnepp and an opportunity to enroll in MHP’s free Diabetes Prevention program, a lifestyle change program offered for $450 elsewhere.

The Pre-Diabetes Awareness Night will be held at Major Health Partners in the Sycamore Room, located at 2451 Intelliplex Drive. There is no charge to the public to attend this event and no reservation required. Limited seating is available.

Pre-diabetes is a condition where a person’s blood sugar is higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered diabetes. Many adults in Indiana have pre-diabetes and don’t even know – this could be you or your mom, dad or another family member. It is estimated that 1 in 3 adult Hoosiers have pre-diabetes and half of the people over the age of 60 have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most concerning, 90% of those people with pre-diabetes do not know they have it. If timely lifestyle changes are not made, the CDC estimates 15 to 30% of these people with prediabetes can expect to develop type 2 diabetes in the next five years.