The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is aggressively becoming hands-on in the prevention of type 2 diabetes. A new national diabetes prevention program is under way under the tutelage of previous successful clinical research and trials results. What can healthcare professionals treating patients with diabetes learn and how can they get involved? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, the director of the division of diabetes translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Ann Albright, as they discuss the criteria for the National Diabetes Prevention Program.