Diabetes Prevention Program

  • January 1996

    The National Institutes of Health funded a randomized clinical trial that evaluated the effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention compared to a medication intervention and its effect on reducing the chances of contracting type 2 diabetes.
  • February 2002

    In 2002, findings were published by the Diabetes Prevention Research Group from the randomized clinical trial in the New England Journal of Medicine.
  • March 2010

    In March, Congress permitted the CDC to lead and establish the National DPP.
  • August 2010

    An article was published by Rui Li about the cost-effectiveness of diabetes prevention interventions. It was titled "Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent and Control Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review" in Diabetes Care.
  • January 2010

    During January of 2010, the CDC began building the Nation Diabetes Prevention Program infrastructure.
  • September 2011

    During 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that ten states in the US would receive grants.
  • July 2015

    In July of 2015, the Community Preventive Services Task Force updated its Task Force Finding and Rationale Statement concerning Diabetes Prevention and Control.
  • March 2016

    On March 23, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Press Office issued a statement.
  • July 2016

    On July 25, 2016, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review published a Final Evidence report, "Diabetes Prevention Programs: Effectiveness and Value."
  • November 2016

    On November 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized a rule to expand coverage of the National Diabetes Prevention Program.