Impact of a Digital Diabetes Prevention Program on Risk factors for Chronic Disease in a Workforce Cohort.

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the effect of a digital Diabetes Prevention Program (dDPP) on chronic disease risk factors in a workplace population. METHODS dDPP participants were employees and spouses with BMI ≥24 kg/m and prediabetes or diabetes (n = 84). Annual change in risk factors before and after dDPP were assessed in the dDPP group and in a retrospectively identified matched control group drawn from those who participated in a dDPP after the conclusion of this study (n = 252). RESULTS In the dDPP group, body weight, BMI, fasting glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol decreased in the post-dDPP period compared with the pre-dDPP period (P   0.37). CONCLUSION The dDPP was effective in reducing risk factors for chronic disease in a workplace setting.