Reverse the Risk: Your Evidence-Based Guide to Preventing & Reversing Pre-Diabetes
A science-backed, psychologically grounded program that gives you the knowledge, tools, and confidence to prevent or reverse pre-diabetes — for good, not just for now.
Perfect for: Adults aged 30–70 who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or are at risk (e.g. family history, excess weight, gestational diabetes history, elevated fasting glucose). Also valuable for healthcare professionals, health coaches, and wellness practitioners looking to support clients with pre-diabetes using evidence-based behaviour change frameworks.
You've been told your blood sugar is "a little high." Now what?
A pre-diabetes diagnosis can feel like a warning siren with no instructions attached. You leave the doctor's office with a number, maybe a pamphlet, and a vague suggestion to "eat better and exercise more." That's not a plan — and it's not enough.
Reverse the Risk is different. This program is built on three pillars that most health courses ignore: evidence-based clinical research on blood sugar regulation and metabolic health, the COM-B model of behaviour change (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation), and the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) — which meets you exactly where you are in your readiness to change, whether you're just considering your options or already taking action. Together, these frameworks don't just tell you what to do — they help you understand why change is hard, and give you a proven psychological roadmap to make it stick.
You'll learn how pre-diabetes develops at a biological level, which lifestyle factors move the needle most (and the science behind why), and how to systematically build habits that fit your real life — not a hypothetical healthy version of it. Every lesson is grounded in peer-reviewed research and translated into plain language with zero jargon, zero guilt, and zero one-size-fits-all meal plans.
This is not a diet program. It's a behaviour change education system. Thousands of people successfully prevent or reverse pre-diabetes each year — not through willpower, but through the right knowledge, the right support, and the right strategy. This course gives you all three.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain what pre-diabetes is at a biological level — including how insulin resistance develops and why it's reversible — so you can make informed, confident decisions about your health.
- Identify your personal stage of readiness for change using the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), and apply stage-matched strategies to move forward without overwhelm.
- Apply the COM-B framework to diagnose the real barriers blocking your healthy habits — whether they are gaps in capability, opportunity, or motivation — and address each one systematically.
- Implement evidence-based dietary adjustments (not a rigid meal plan) that measurably support blood glucose regulation, backed by current clinical research.
- Build a sustainable physical activity routine tailored to your current fitness level, using research on the specific types and timing of movement most effective for insulin sensitivity.
- Use proven psychological techniques — including self-monitoring, implementation intentions, and motivational strategies — to maintain behaviour change long-term.
- Interpret common blood sugar metrics (fasting glucose, HbA1c, post-meal readings) so you can track your own progress and have more productive conversations with your healthcare team.
- Construct a personalised prevention or reversal action plan that integrates your lifestyle, values, and health goals — and that you'll actually follow.
Curriculum
6 modules · 19 lessons
Your teacher
Kim Close
I created Reverse the Risk because I kept seeing the same thing: people leaving a pre-diabetes diagnosis without a real roadmap — just generic advice that didn't account for the messy, complicated reality of changing deeply ingrained habits. My background sits at the intersection of evidence-based health science and behavioural psychology, and I've spent years studying why people struggle to change even when the stakes are high, and — more importantly — what actually works. This course brings together the best of current metabolic health research with two of the most robust frameworks in behaviour change science: the Transtheoretical Model and the COM-B model. My approach is non-judgmental, practically focused, and grounded in research — not trends. I believe that with the right knowledge and the right psychological tools, preventing or reversing pre-diabetes is absolutely achievable. I'm here to give you both.
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