UBCO, YMCA partner on evidence-based community health program. A collaboration between the University of British Columbia Okanagan and the Kelowna Downtown YMCA is looking to fight type 2 diabetes with a personalized diet and exercise counselling program. With the help of a private BC foundation, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Small Steps for Big Changes is now available to the Okanagan community at the Kelowna Downtown YMCA. The program was reportedly developed with the intention of addressing the “silent epidemic” of prediabetes, which Diabetes Canada reports is expected to grow to 23% of the Canadian population by 2025.
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See full article here: https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2017/11/13/ubc-and-ymca-partner-to-offer-evidence-based-health-program-to-community/
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