Charting a Path to Prevention: Assess Your Risk for Diabetes

November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and a great reminder for everyone to get an annual checkup and ensure your blood glucose level is in the normal range. Even if you don’t have symptoms, regular checkups and blood work are key to catching diseases like diabetes early and preventing more serious health issues down the road.

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), 7.3 million people in the United States—one in five people—aren’t aware that they’re living with diabetes and all the serious risks that this disease poses to their health, including possible damage to the heart, kidneys, hearing, vision, skin and feet.

Preventing and Managing Diabetes

If your annual checkup results show that you are pre-diabetic or if you have already received a diabetes diagnosis, there are many steps you can take to lower your risk or, in some cases, even reverse type 2 diabetes. Many of these steps involve altering your lifestyle and may not be easy, but given all of the health risks that diabetes poses, it is worth your time and effort and may even save your life.

Start Your Journey Today

Preventing and managing diabetes means making lifestyle choices, like losing extra weight, eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly. Making these changes and maintaining them is key to preventing and managing diabetes in the short term and long-term. If you are facing this challenge, you’re not alone! Transocean is here to help support you, and we offer many resources and programs to help you on every step of your journey.

Real Appeal is an online program that can help you lose weight and improve your health—all at no additional cost.
- Learn how to live a healthy, balanced life. Research shows that losing just 5% body weight can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
- Receive up to a year of support. A Transformation Coach will lead weekly online group sessions with simple steps on nutrition, exercise and how to break through barriers to reach your goals.
- You’ll receive a Success Kit containing step-by-step guides, workout DVDs, delicious recipes and more.
- Monitor your progress with online food and activity trackers—available anywhere, anytime.
- Members who have completed the program can re-enroll in a second year by logging on to their Real Appeal dashboard and following the instructions for re-enrollment.
Rally is designed to help you make changes to your daily routine, set smart goals and track your progress. You’ll get personalized recommendations to help you move more, eat better and improve your health—and have fun doing it.
Centers of Excellence Bariatric Resource Services offers you high-quality, specialized bariatric care including support, education, tools, resources and care from some of the top bariatric facilities and experts in the country and in certain circumstances, the program also offers you weight loss surgery, and using Bariatric Resource Services can also save you more.

To learn more about these and other resources that Transocean offers to support your physical, emotional and financial health, visit the My Journey page on YourTransoceanBenefits.com today!