About this session
Prediabetes means blood-glucose levels are higher than normal but have not reached the diagnostic range for type 2 diabetes. It often causes no obvious symptoms, which means testing may be the only way someone discovers that their blood sugar is elevated.
Prediabetes increases the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, but progression is not inevitable.
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body does not use insulin effectively and may no longer produce enough insulin to keep blood glucose within a healthy range.
Risk is shaped by a combination of family history, age, previous gestational diabetes, activity, body composition, health conditions and wider social or environmental factors—not by one food, one habit or a lack of willpower.
This session starts with the practical actions employees can take now. Participants build realistic routines around meals, movement, sleep and healthcare follow-up, learn what common blood tests are designed to show, and prepare useful questions for a clinician.
It provides education and prevention support without diagnosing participants or replacing individualized diabetes care.
What your people take away
- Understand the difference between blood glucose, insulin resistance, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes
- Recognize personal and family-history factors that may increase risk
- Build practical meal, movement, sleep and recovery habits that support metabolic health
- Understand common screening tests and prepare for a useful healthcare conversation
- Recognize symptoms or results that require appropriate professional follow-up
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday LifeA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life: build meals that keep you going, add movement where it fits and protect sleep and recovery.
- Build meals that keep you going
- Add movement where it fits
- Protect sleep and recovery
Covers 3 of 4 points in Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life.
60 minutes
60 Minutes — Module 1: Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday LifeThe 60-minute session focuses on immediate application. Participants identify realistic food, movement and recovery anchors, review their personal risk context and create one practical action they can begin using during an ordinary working week.
- Module 1: Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 3 parts: Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life.
90 minutes
90 Minutes — Modules 1 and 2: Understand Your Patterns and RiskThe 90-minute session adds deeper exploration of family history, working patterns, sleep, stress, meals and movement. Participants map where blood-sugar-supportive habits become difficult and build flexible alternatives for busy, disrupted or shift-based days.
- Module 1: Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life
- Module 2: Understand Your Personal Risk and Patterns
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 3 parts: Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life and Understand Your Personal Risk and Patterns.
3 hours
Covers all 3 parts.
Full day
Full Day — Modules 1, 2 and 3: Prevention, Screening and Confident Next StepsThe full-day session combines practical prevention with accessible diabetes education. Participants understand insulin resistance, compare common screening tests, interpret the purpose rather than self-diagnose from the numbers, and prepare for appropriate clinical follow-up.
- Module 1: Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life
- Module 2: Understand Your Personal Risk and Patterns
- Module 3: Make Sense of Prediabetes, Testing and Next Steps
- Live Q&A
Covers all 3 parts, in more depth, with more time to practice.
What’s covered
Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life
Every length- Build meals that keep you goingParticipants explore how regular, satisfying meals can combine carbohydrate-containing foods with protein, fiber, vegetables or healthy fats.
- Add movement where it fitsParticipants identify realistic opportunities for walking, active travel, movement breaks, strength-building activity or exercise around their existing day.
- Protect sleep and recoveryParticipants examine how short sleep, stress and disrupted schedules can make meal planning, movement and energy management harder.
- Choose one routine you can repeatParticipants compare several possible changes and select the one most relevant to their circumstances.
Understand Your Personal Risk and Patterns
90 minutes and longer- Start with the risk factors you cannot changeParticipants consider age, family history, ethnicity and previous gestational diabetes as part of their personal health context.
- Review the factors you may be able to influenceParticipants examine movement, smoking, blood pressure, sleep, food routines and access to preventive care without reducing diabetes prevention to weight alone.
- Map where working life gets in the wayParticipants trace meals, breaks, movement, sleep and stress across a typical working week.
- Build backup plans for disrupted daysParticipants create simple alternatives for missed lunches, long meetings, night shifts, travel and limited food access.
Make Sense of Prediabetes, Testing and Next Steps
3 hours and longer- What insulin and blood glucose actually doThe facilitator explains that glucose is an important source of energy and insulin helps move it from the bloodstream into cells.
- Prediabetes is a warning sign, not a guaranteed outcomeParticipants learn that prediabetes describes blood glucose above the normal range but below the diagnostic range for diabetes.
- Understand the tests without diagnosing yourselfThe facilitator introduces A1C, fasting blood glucose and the oral glucose-tolerance test and explains that they assess blood sugar in different ways.
- Know what to check and what to ask nextParticipants prepare useful questions about personal risk, whether testing is appropriate, what a result means and when it should be repeated.
Who it’s for
- Employees who want practical blood-sugar and diabetes prevention education without fear or blame
- People with family history, prediabetes risk factors or concerns about metabolic health
- Teams managing demanding schedules, shift work or disrupted meal and movement routines
- Workplace wellbeing programs focused on chronic disease prevention and preventive health
- Anyone wanting clearer understanding of screening and clinical follow-up without self-diagnosis
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Understanding Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes
How long is Understanding Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes?
Understanding Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life: build meals that keep you going, add movement where it fits and protect sleep and recovery. A 60-minute session covers Support Your Blood-Sugar Health in Everyday Life in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Understand Your Personal Risk and Patterns. A 3-hour session adds Make Sense of Prediabetes, Testing and Next Steps. A full-day session covers everything, in more depth, with more time to practice.
Can Understanding Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book Understanding Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Understanding Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.