Lifestyle Medicine involves the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches, such as a predominantly nutritious diet, regular physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substance use, and other non-drug modalities, to prevent, treat, and, oftentimes, reverse the lifestyle-related, chronic disease that’s all too prevalent. Chronic diseases and conditions—such as hypertension, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, multiple types of cancer—are among the most common, costly and preventable of all health conditions.

Lifestyle Medicine is a 21st Century approach to healthcare that consolidates the very best characteristics of traditional medicine with the profound impact of Lifestyle behaviors on health.

Why do we need? 

• 80% of all the chronic illness is due to lifestyle disorders
• About 1/2 of all adults have at least one chronic health condition such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic pain and obesity
• Lifestyle medicine has reduced outpatient medical visits between 11% and 25% over a year
• Lifestyle medicine has healed 75%-80% chronic diseases