YMCA Disease Prevention Programs
The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Community Health Department provides evidence-based programming for our community's health and well-being. Programs and activities promote wellness, reduce risk for disease and help others reclaim their health. These programs and everything else the Y does are in service of making us—our Ys and our communities—better. The result is a community that values health and supports healthy choices.
Our healthy lifestyles and chronic disease prevention and management programs can be held at job sites, recreation centers, hospitals, churches, local YMCA branches or anywhere else a need exists in the communities we serve. New classes are offered based on interest so please contact us to find out about classes starting near you. We serve Dallas, Collin, Rockwall, Southern Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, and Cooke counties.
YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program
1 in 3 American adults have prediabetes, most don't know it. Could you be at risk? Take our assessment and learn more about YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, designed to give those with prediabetes the crucial skills and ongoing support they need to make lasting changes.
Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program
One in three American adults has high blood pressure, which puts them at risk for stroke and heart disease, two of the leading causes of death in the U.S.
The Y designed the Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring program to help adults with hypertension lower and manage their blood pressure.
FIT for HEALTH
FIT (Families Improving Together) FOR HEALTH, is a free 11-week healthy lifestyle program for parents and their kids to attend and learn together. Families learn together some fun physical activities, information about healthy habits, calorie goals and self-monitoring, as well as positive parenting styles and tips.
Kamp K'aana
Kamp K'aana introduces children, ages 10-14, to the tools they need to learn and love a healthy lifestyle, while offering the fun of an overnight summer camp experience!
Get Up and Go
Through our partnership with Children's Health, we are excited to offer Get Up and Go, a 10-week weight management program for children and their parents. This family-focused program gives families the tools they need to develop and maintain healthy habits.
LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
LIVESTRONG at the YMCA was developed to address the top concern of cancer survivors: the difficulty of returning to physical activity after treatment.
LIVESTRONG Foundation partnered with the YMCA of the USA in 2007 to create a 12-week physical activity program designed to get survivors back on their feet. Are you recovering from cancer? Join us!