Research-backed program making big strides in preventing type 2 diabetes
By 2018, Lois Hourston of Kelowna, B.C., had been living with good intentions for more than 10 years. Lois kept putting her health on the back burner, telling herself she’d get around to making positive changes soon. But her wake-up call came when her doctor told her she had surpassed the 200-pound mark and diagnosed […]
Small Steps for Big Changes is expanding
Thousands of Canadians with prediabetes are now be able to sign up at participating YMCAs for a diet and exercise counselling program proven to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Small Steps for Big Changes, currently delivered at select YMCAs in BC, is expanding to more YMCAs across Canada and Australia. By the […]
Diabetes Prevention Research Group
Our primary research focus is the promotion and maintenance of lifestyle modifications (diet and exercise) for individuals at risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
DPRG Launches Canada’s first type 2 diabetes survey
Millions of Canadians are at high risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes, but they don’t know it. Understanding more about what Canadian’s know about the disease – as well as what they know about available services – is a vital first step in developing effective prevention strategies for all Canadians. People with diabetes are over three times more likely to be hospitalized with cardiovascular disease, 12 times more likely to be hospitalized with end-stage […]
Diabetes prevention program rolls out across Canada
The Bimonthly School of Health and Exercise Sciences (HES) Newsletter honoured the scale-up of Small Steps for Big Changes as the result of a tried-and-tested partnership between YMCA Canada, Diabetes Canada and UBC researcher Dr. Mary Jung and her Diabetes Prevention Research Group. Read more here.
CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes Recognizes Dr. Mary Jung
CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes congratulated our very own Dr. Mary Jung for the announcement of the national rollout of Small Steps for Big Changes, an evidence-based diabetes prevention program founded by Dr. Jung and the Diabetes Prevention Research Group at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Read the full newsletter here.
CIHR Access Newsletter – Small Steps For Big Changes
Small Steps Big Changes linked in here under the “News to Know” section of CIHR Access Newsletter. Read more here.
2024 Lifestyle Medicine Summer Institute
The Centre for Health Behaviour Change at UBC Okanagan is pleased to announce the 2024 Lifestyle Medicine Summer Institute, a two-day workshop for healthcare professionals in British Columbia co-hosted with the Southern Medical Program. This approved CME credited learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been […]