Shownotes
Tracking Your Activity: Harnessing Data for Health
Today’s session is called "Track Your Activity" to Prevent T2, and the importance of tracking physical activity to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to identify some different tracking methods, and understand the importance for consistency in tracking to achieve long-term health goals. You’ll also make a new Action Plan for the next week.
Chapters, Key Takeaways, & Questions
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Recap of Last Session
- What questions do you have about the last session, episode 2?
- How did things go with the action plan you made last time? What went well?
- What didn’t go as planned?
- Did you face any challenges?
02:23 Tracking Your Activity
04:00 Purpose of Tracking
Take a moment now to consider:
- What are some other things you track in your life?
- And why do you track them?
06:31 Practice Tracking
09:24 How to Track
Tracking your activity comes down to two simple steps:
- Time your activity
- Record your minutes of activity
11:04 Ways to Record Your Activity
12:25 Wrap-Up
The CDC Diabetes Prevention Program Curriculum (CDC DPP Curriculum) is based on the curriculum from the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) research study supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease.
© 2012, University of Pittsburgh, based on the DPP research trial supported by cooperative agreement number U01-DK48489 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has certain rights in the material.
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