Power to Prevent - National Diabetes Education Program - National ...

We learned some of the small steps that can lead to big rewards;
We learned that there are more than 50 ways to prevent diabetes, and
We learned that there are tools that you can use to help take small steps in food choices and in physical
activity levels.
Let’s take something that we learned in this session and make a pledge about food or activity that
we can keep during the coming week.”
Pledge
Have participants make an individual pledge concerning one objective that they will
work on for the next session. The pledge should be realistic and specifc, and it should
include something that can be maintained over time. Participants may choose to remain
with the pledge that they made during the previous session, to modify the pledge, or to develop a
new one.
Affrmation
Say: “Our affrmation for this week is ‘Every small, positive change we can make in ourselves repays us in
confdence in the future.’ How can this affrmation help you to keep your pledge this week?”
Recall for them, if needed, that the affrmation can:
Remind people of their commitment to change
Motivate them
Lend them strength in times of weakness
Increase their self-confdence
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