Are you looking for medical innovations that actually help you and your patients? Want to learn more about the evidence-based consensus in nutrition? Curious about the relationship between lifestyle medicine and health equity and longevity? Do you have one? Do you need CME?
Kate Collings, Maryland
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, head to Lifestyle Medicine 2024, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Annual Conference, October 27-30 in Orlando, Florida Please consider registering. Membership has grown to 13,000 and ACLM celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. In-person participation is nearly sold out, but virtual registration is available throughout October.
Conference Chair Megan Grega, M.D., said the conference agenda will focus on the incredible advances in lifestyle medicine since ACLM’s founding, showcasing the latest research from leading experts and innovative implementation models.
“Lifestyle medicine is changing the medical paradigm to restore health to people living with chronic diseases,” Grega said. “This year’s conference will feature a wide range of topics and sessions that will provide clinicians with the tools and practical insights they need to successfully incorporate lifestyle medicine into their practice.”
Lifestyle medicine, blue zones, healthy life expectancy
In May, ACLM and Blue Zones announced a new clinician certification status in 2025 called “Blue Zone Certified Physician” or “Blue Zone Certified Medical Professional.” This will be available only to clinicians who are certified in lifestyle medicine for the first time. Dan Buettner, founder of Blue Zones, and Ben Riedl, CEO of Blue Zones, will provide opening keynotes about the intersection of Blue Zones and evidence-based lifestyle medicine, and Blue Zones’ potential to transform primary care. Masu.
food as medicine
The movement to incorporate food as medicine into health care is gaining widespread momentum, and lifestyle medicine clinicians have been educated for years to interject lifestyle behaviors into nutrition. Stanford University’s Christopher Gardner, PhD, and Michelle Hauser, MD, provide examples of evidence-based nutrition research and translate that science into practical dietary changes that patients find healthy and delicious.
In a related session, Chef Michelle Nishan, Founder and CEO of Wholesome Wave, explores the successes and challenges of expanding food-as-medicine initiatives, while also working with Blue Cross Arizona Blue Shield leaders share the clinical and economic results of food as medicine. A medical program offered by health insurance for people with type 2 diabetes.
human flourishing
Have you ever wondered what keeps people healthy and happy throughout their lives? Robert Waldinger, MD, adjunct professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, has 85 years of continuous research into adult development. He talks about his research, the Harvard Adult Development Study, and what it reveals about what truly helps people thrive in an era of diminishing wealth and prestige. glorified as success.
health equity
Ethnic minorities and individuals living in rural areas are disproportionately affected by lifestyle-related chronic diseases. Clinicians experienced in providing lifestyle medicine in under-resourced areas will use their experience and ACLM’s support of a diverse workforce trained in lifestyle medicine to Share how we are addressing chronic disease health disparities associated with . Another session, “Equitable Access to Lifestyle Medicine: FQHCs, YMCAs, Trauma-Informed Health Coaching, and Community Medicine,” will discuss how lifestyle medicine clinicians work with community-based organizations that address social needs. We will focus on how we can work together and the important role of healthcare. 1,400 federally qualified health centers across the country provide lifestyle health services.
brain health
Aisha Z. Sherzai, MD, and Dean Sherzai, MD, host an interactive keynote session on how dietary patterns, physical activity, stress, sleep, cognitive activity, and vascular risk factors contribute to brain health. I’ll find out what to do. They discuss how comprehensive lifestyle behavior changes can promote cognitive longevity and significantly reduce the risk of neurodegenerative diseases.
Lifestyle medicine guidelines for medical treatment
Although many clinical practice guidelines recommend lifestyle counseling as a first-line treatment, we know that most counseling often does not produce measurable clinical results. Experts developing ACLM’s first clinical practice guideline, Lifestyle Interventions for the Treatment and Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Adults, and applying its Key Action Statement to primary care and endocrinology. Let’s talk about how.
the study
The conference will feature more than 200 unique research abstracts. Virtual attendees can view the research presentation and contact the authors with questions or comments through the conference app.
Looking for medical innovations that actually help you and your patients? Register as a virtual attendee for Lifestyle Medicine 2024. Visit the conference website and click (Register Now).
