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NDEP GAME PLAN
Food and Activity Tracker:
A Key Tool in the Power to Prevent Program
Being overweight increases your risk of developing diabetes. In the DPP, overweight people
reduced their risk by losing weight. One weight loss technique used in the DPP was to ask
participants to write down everything they ate and drank, and then fgure out how many
calories and fat grams they had consumed. They also wrote down the type of physical activity
they performed and for how many minutes. You can use the NDEP GAME PLAN Food
and Activity Tracker, adapted from the DPP study, to teach people to record their food and
drink intake and the time they spend on physical activity. Make copies of the tracker and ask
participants to carry the tracker with them in a purse or pocket. Keeping track of progress will
help an overweight person reach his or her weight loss goal.
The NDEP GAME PLAN Food and Activity Tracker and Fat and Calorie Counter (a
reference book for many commonly eaten food) can be found in the accomplanying CD­
ROM or online at http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/prev/prevention.htm Trackers can also
be ordered from the NDEP using the NDEP Publications Order Form in Appendix AC
NDEP Power to Prevent Program Leaders Guide 4