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Overview What is Lifestyle Medicine(LM)? Why is it important? What is the role of lifestyle change in preventing and the treatment of disease? How can we implement lifestyle changes in our lives and the world around us? The of our "Fingers, Feet, Forks, Stress, Sleep and Love" How can we create our own "Blue Zones"? " Be the Change You wish to see in the World" Mahatma Gandhi Definition of Lifestyle Medicine Lifestyle Medicine is the therapeutic use of evidenced- based lifestyle interventions to treat and prevent lifestyle related diseases in a clinical setting. It empowers individulals with the knowledge and life skills to make effective changes that address the underlying cause of disease. "American College of Lifestyle Medicine" 2009 “If we give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we have found the safest way to health.” Hippocrates Why is Lifestyle Medicine So Important?
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