{"id":175022,"date":"2023-03-30T16:37:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T02:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=175022"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T02:37:51","slug":"diabetes-prevention-program-uh-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/30\/diabetes-prevention-program-uh-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Free diabetes prevention program at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo encourages healthy habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hilo-pharmacy-diabetes-gnrc.jpg\" alt=\"The word diabetes\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-156548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hilo-pharmacy-diabetes-gnrc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hilo-pharmacy-diabetes-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hilo-pharmacy-diabetes-gnrc-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Changes in lifestyle can help prevent the onset of diabetes and improve overall health. To assist prediabetic island residents make those changes, faculty and students at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.uhh.hawaii.edu\/\">Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy<\/a> (<abbr>DKICP<\/abbr>) are offering a free year-long diabetes prevention program for a second year. Anyone interested can <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ghXLt5tJgsrppttp9\">complete a short online questionnaire<\/a> to determine eligibility. Applications will be accepted through April 10, 2023, and space is limited.<\/p>\n<p>The program includes several in-person meetings each month on the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo campus, where participants will receive regular health monitoring and personal counseling to assist in making lifestyle changes, achieving weight loss and learning to maintain healthier habits. The first required informational session is April 10, 5&#8211;6 p.m., at <abbr>DKICP<\/abbr> in Hale <span aria-label=\"Kihoihoi\">Kiho&#699;iho&#699;i<\/span>, Lecture Hall <abbr>B<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Practicing pharmacists and <abbr>DKICP<\/abbr> assistant professors, <strong>Aryn Meguro<\/strong> and <strong>Bryce Fukunaga<\/strong>, will facilitate the program. Both are also lifestyle coaches who are certified through the American Association of Diabetes Educators. The program will include student pharmacists operating the Pacific Island Mobile Health Screening Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Past participants have said that being part of a cohort and feeling accountable to and supportive of them was a major benefit of this program, and last year\u2019s cohort of 20 participants lost a total of 278 pounds, explained Meguro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Participants said that the connections they formed with each other throughout the year were very valuable, along with the lifestyle coaching and informational support,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;They also ended the program with an overall better understanding of their health, how to make lifestyle improvements, and how to create plans to assure they continue in those healthy habits.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ghXLt5tJgsrppttp9\">Check eligibility online<\/a> or email Meguro at <a href=\"mailto:arynm@hawaii.edu\">arynm@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program includes health monitoring and personal counseling to facilitate positive lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[959,165,14],"class_list":["post-175022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-diabetes","tag-health","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175053,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175022\/revisions\/175053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}