Prioritizing Prevention

Summary

In this episode, Tamara Fidler discusses the importance of prioritizing prevention in healthcare. She shares the story of the National Diabetes Prevention Program and how lifestyle intervention was found to be more effective than medication in preventing diabetes. Tamara also talks about her own experience as a health coach and the challenges she faced in becoming a provider of the program. She emphasizes the need to shift from a reactive cure-driven approach to a health-promoting approach and encourages listeners to value prevention in their own lives.