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  • Small Steps for Big Changes

    A program designed to help you develop the tools to make lasting dietary and exercise changes to lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

  • For Health Care Providers

    Does your patient have prediabetes? At risk for developing type 2 diabetes? Click here to learn more about our evidence-based 3-week personalized diet and exercise program.

  • For Persons with Prediabetes

    Are you at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes? Click here to learn more about our 3-week personalized diet and exercise program.

Welcome

Small Steps for Big Changes is a FREE program that can help people make lasting dietary and exercise changes in order to lower their risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future. The primary purpose of Small Steps for Big Changes is to help you make changes to your exercise and diet and to stick to these changes long-term.

How Does the Program Work?

The free program is offered monthly at the Kelowna Downtown YMCA and the Kelowna Family YMCA.

Step One: Program Intake 

  • Contact us to determine your eligibility!

Step Two: Training Phase

  • Receive a FREE 1-month YMCA gym membership
  • Receive SIX sessions of 1-on-1 exercise and dietary change counselling with a trained coach over three weeks
  • Complete two to four exercise sessions on your own each week
  • Track your diet and exercise with a health app and fitness watch

Post-Program 

  • Check-in with coach one month after completing the program
  • Follow-up meetings after six and twelve months

Do You Have Prediabetes?

Read More Here

Are You A Health Care Provider?

Read More Here

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Small Steps for Big Changes
Okanagan Campus
#1011 - 505 Doyle Avenue
Kelowna, BC Canada V1Y 6V8
Tel 250 807 8419
Website smallsteps.ok.ubc.ca
Email small.steps@ubc.ca
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