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67th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association Making Healthy Choices Easy Choices: Low-Cost and Effective Lifestyle Coaching Authors: Neal Kaufman M.D., M.P.H and Adam Kaufman Background • Unhealthy daily choices concerning food and physical activity promote obesity, Type 2 diabetes and its complications especially in those with increased genetic risk living in obesogenic environments. • The practice of medicine should extend beyond the medical office to help patients adopt and sustain healthy behaviors. • Lifestyle coaching for behavior change has been proven effective in the NIH’s Diabetes Prevention Program and other studies. • Lifestyle coaching can help patients sustain health-promoting behaviors. • Labor intensive coaching approaches are too costly to replicate. • On-line behavior change approaches show promise. Characteristics of High Quality On-line Behavior Change Interventions • Technology platform that enhances the capacity of patients and their support network, coaches, and quality assurance efforts • Evidence-based protocols and curricula personalized for the patient, based on his/her characteristics, changing needs, and progress over time that engages patients in behavior change • Integrates into clinical settings, quality assurance and information technology platforms • Affordable and scalable to large numbers of patients Click Here to download the handout from the conference Click Here to download the press release |
