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What Is Lifestyle Medicine?
1Centre for Family Medicine, Winter Park, Florida.
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
|October 5, 2018
Summary
Lifestyle Medicine is gaining definition through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM). Establishing clear clinical parameters and an academic foundation is crucial for its global dissemination and improved public health outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Integrative Medicine
- Preventive Healthcare
Background:
- Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is an emerging medical field undergoing definition.
- The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is actively shaping its identity within the medical community.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline the progress in defining Lifestyle Medicine as a distinct medical specialty.
- To highlight the importance of establishing clear clinical parameters and an academic corpus for LM.
- To advocate for the global dissemination of LM principles.
Main Methods:
- Review of progress by the ACLM in defining LM.
- Analysis of the role of new American and International Boards of Lifestyle Medicine.
- Examination of the content of LM board review courses.
Main Results:
- Significant progress has been made by the ACLM in defining LM.
- The establishment of new boards provides clinical parameters for the specialty.
- LM board review courses clarify the academic knowledge base.
Conclusions:
- Lifestyle Medicine now possesses defined boundaries.
- There is a need to spread awareness and adoption of LM principles globally.
- Sharing success stories of improved health through LM is essential for wider acceptance.
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