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

Conducting the Session
Welcome
Welcome participants and introduce any new participants.
Session Overview
Say: “At the end of this session, you will be able to:
Describe the importance of choosing more healthful foods,
Identify more healthful foods by reading food labels, and
Choose to incorporate healthier eating into your daily routines.”
Review of the Previous Session
Say: “In the last session, we learned about small steps that can lead to big rewards. We also
learned that there are more than 50 ways to prevent diabetes. Finally, we used several
tools to help take small steps in food choices and in physical activity levels. Before start
today’s session, let’s see how everyone did during the past week.”
Check-In: Weekly Pledge and GAME PLAN Food and Activity
Tracker; Barrier Busters
Facilitate a discussion about how group members did with keeping their pledges and
using their trackers and about the barriers they have faced since the last session. Ask for suggestions
from group members on how to ‘bust’ these barriers.
After the discussion, say: “Let’s fll in our Individual Progress Charts. This is the time when we give
ourselves stickers for achieving goals, making progress, and needing a helping hand.”
NOTE: This check-in and review activity is the core of the Power to Prevent program and must be done at every
session before moving on to new learning material.
Pre–Session 3 Questionnaire
Hand out the Pre–Session 3 Questionnaire (one copy per participant). Based on your experience
during previous sessions, either read each question and answer choice aloud to the group or let
the group work in silence. Suggest that if participants would like assistance because they have
forgotten their reading glasses or for any other reason, you (or your helpers) can assist them.
Remind participants to write their names (or their initials with their day and month of birth) on their
questionnaires and to hand them in to you. Be sure to collect all questionnaires to photocopy and
return at a future session so that participants can see their progress or recognize trouble areas.
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