Aims

The Life! Program focuses on Victorians aged 50 years and over, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of all ages.

The main aims of the program are:

To prevent people from developing type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in Australia. The number of new cases of type 2 diabetes can be halved in people at high risk who have attended a lifestyle course.

To contribute to early diagnosis in those who have type 2 diabetes but don’t know they do

It is estimated that for every person known to have type 2 diabetes there is another who has it and is unaware. Using the diabetes risk test can lead to earlier diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.