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Life! Program

Reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke through our free lifestyle modification program.

BCH runs Life! groups year-round at no cost to eligible participants.

Who Can Join

You’re eligible if you’re 18+ and meet ONE of these criteria.

Health Risk Factors

  • AUSDRISK score 12 AND BMI m2 (Asian background BMI 23kg/m2)
  • Previous diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, gestational diabetes, chronic kidney disease, familial hypercholesterolemia, high cholesterol (>7.5 mmol/L), high blood pressure (Systolic 180mmHg or Diastolic 110mmHg), pre-diabetes, or PCOS

Age-Based Risk

  • 45+ years (or 35+ for Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander people) with Absolute Risk score ?10% (GP referral required)

What’s Included

  • 1 one-hour individual session
  • 5 group sessions (90 minutes each) over 6 months
  • 1 follow-up session at 12 months
  • Comprehensive workbook covering nutrition, exercise, goal setting, sleep, and stress management
  • Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon sessions available
  • Partner/friend welcome for support
  • All sessions led by qualified health professionals

Who Cannot Join?

  • People with existing diabetes
  • Pregnant women
  • Recent (last 3 months): angina, angioplasty, active cancer, or heart attack

Required Tests

Recent blood tests (within 12 months) must show
  • Fasting blood glucose (plus glucose tolerance test if FBG ?5.5mmol/L) or HbA1c
  • Cholesterol panel (total, HDL, LDL, triglycerides)
Copies required for program facilitators.

Ready to Get Started?

Allied Health Services at Ballarat Community Health are often in high demand. Please contact our customer service team on 03 – 5338 4500 or complete the referral form below to confirm availability of the service you require.

GP’s or health professionals wanting to refer a client please complete the referral form below or fax your referral to 03 -5338 1613. We prefer referrals via ReferralNet- ReferralNet ID: urn:refnet:ballaratappt

You can also call Diabetes Victoria Life! program on 13 74 75 or visit About the Life! program – The Life! Program website for more information.

Allied Health Referral Form

Allied Health Referral Form