2.5.0.0 Tech­nol­o­gy-‍As­sist­ed In­ter­ven­tions to De­liv­er Lifestyle In­ter­ven­tions

Tech­nol­o­gy-‍as­sist­ed in­ter­ven­tions may ef­fec­tively de­liv­er the DPP lifestyle in­ter­ven­tion, re­duc­ing weight and, there­fore, di­a­betes risk (28-31). Such tech­nol­o­gy-‍as­sist­ed in­ter­ven­tions may de­liv­er con­tent through smart­phone and web-‍based ap­pli­ca­tions and tele­health (28). The Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion (CDC) Di­a­betes Pre­ven­tion Recog­ni­tion Pro­gram (DPRP) (www.cdc.gov/di­a­betes/pre­ven­tion/lifestyle-pro­gram) does cer­ti­fy tech­nol­o­gy-‍as­sist­ed modal­i­ties as ef­fec­tive ve­hi­cles for DPP-‍based in­ter­ven­tions; such pro­grams must use an ap­proved cur­ricu­lum, in­clude in­ter­ac­tion with a coach (which may be vir­tu­al), and at­tain the DPRP out­comes of par­tic­i­pa­tion, phys­i­cal ac­tiv­i­ty re­port­ing, and weight loss. The se­lec­tion of an in-‍per­son or vir­tu­al pro­gram should be based on pa­tient pref­er­ence.