125 Jahre – und kein bisschen leise

It’s been another exciting and busy season here at the YMCA of Delaware and now summer has arrived. You may have read some of the media coverage about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Sylvia Burwell, announcing that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention approved a proposal to expand Medicare to cover programs that prevent diabetes. As mentioned in a New York Times article, under the plan, Medicare would pay for certain “lifestyle change programs” in which trained counselors would coach consumers on healthier eating habits and increased physical activity as ways to prevent type 2 diabetes, formerly called adult onset diabetes.