Evaluating a Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program

Project Health will be delivered in six 1-hour group sessions that will be held weekly. In addition, participants will be asked to complete 30 mins of response inhibition and attention trainings once per week between the sessions. This program promotes to retain the gradual lifestyle modification designed to bring energy intake into balance with energy output and the food response inhibition and attention training, but will adapt the dissonance-induction activities to focus on the negative effects of developing T2D in addition to the negative effects of obesity, overeating, and a sedentary lifestyle.

We selected a T2D management psychoeducational comparison condition. To match Project Health, the educational videos will be delivered in 6 1-hour blocks. The educational group will be instructed to watch videos on nutrition, exercise, and how to maintain general health during the lifespan