diabetes prevention and management

Keeping you well

ANHC provides health care, education, and support for those who are at risk for diabetes or who are currently living with diabetes. We’ll make sure you have the information and tools you need to manage your condition and stay well.

About Diabetes

Diabetes is a condition that happens when your body can’t process sugar normally. Too much sugar stays in your bloodstream, and this extra sugar can cause serious health problems, like heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease.

To prevent and manage diabetes:

  • Eat healthy food.

  • Stay active.

  • Stay informed.

  • Watch your weight.

  • Take medicine if your provider prescribes it.

  • Ask your provider about Omada.

Could you have prediabetes? Take the Prediabetes Risk test. (Available in Spanish.)

Diabetes Prevention Program

ANHC is one of six organizations that hosts a Diabetes Prevention Program in the state of Alaska and one of only two here in Anchorage. The Diabetes Prevention Program, or DPP, is a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program designed for people who have prediabetes or are at risk for Type 2 diabetes but do not already have diabetes.

A trained lifestyle coach leads the program to help patients and community members change certain aspects of their lifestyle, like eating healthier, reducing stress, and getting more physical activity. The program also includes group support from others who share similar goals and struggles.

The DPP is a yearlong program open to the community and is focused on long-term changes and lasting results. Currently, we have one group in progress that will graduate in December 2024, and we plan to start a new cohort in January.

(Take the Prediabetes Risk Test in English and Spanish.)

ANHC’s next DPP class series:

  • will have English and Spanish class options.

  • is free for all participants.

If you would like to learn more about ANHC’s Diabetes Prevention Program or enroll in the next class series, please complete the form on the right. We look forward to hearing from you!

Diabetes Resources

handouts

Diabetes and A1C: English, Spanish, Tagalog

My Diabetes Education Plan: English (Spanish and Tagalog coming soon)

My Diabetes Support Plan: English (Spanish and Tagalog coming soon)

SMOKING CESSATION

Alaska’s Tobacco Quit Line (Phone: 1-800-QUIT-NOW)

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (Phone: 988)

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

National Crisis Text Line (Text HOME for English and AYUDA for Spanish to 741741.)

DIABETES APPS

BD Diabetes Care Assistant (App Store and Google Play)

Diabetes:M (App Store and Google Play)

Fooducate (App Store and Google Play)

MyFitnessPal (App Store and Google Play)

One Drop (App Store and Google Play)