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Reimagining health, empowering change

ACLM leads the fastest-growing medical specialty by translating evidence-based lifestyle interventions into education, certification, and real-world clinical practice. ACLM equips physicians, healthcare professionals, and systems of care to treat the root causes of chronic disease through therapeutic lifestyle interventions—including a whole-food, plantpredominant dietary pattern, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, connectedness, and avoidance of risky substances— with the clinical aim to treat, reverse, and prevent chronic disease.

Through CME- and CE-accredited education, board certification, clinical practice tools, patient education
resources, research, and advocacy, ACLM enables adoption at scale—training the clinical workforce and embedding lifestyle medicine into healthcare delivery.

ACLM is building the blueprint for a healthier nation and advancing the new standard of care.

Our Mission

To advance
evidence-based
lifestyle medicine
to treat, reverse,
and prevent
chronic disease.

Our values

We hold ourselves and our members to the highest standards of competency, professionalism, and integrity. Our values shape every decision and action we take in pursuit of better health for all.

Evidence-Based

Our courses, curricula, clinical tools, and published research are grounded in rigorous, peer-reviewed science.

Whole-Person Health

We honor the full human experience—addressing physical, emotional, mental, and social dimensions on the path to healing.

Health Equity

We work to ensure access to lifestyle medicine for everyone—by expanding access to delivery settings and building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

16,000 members and counting

ACLM is uniting clinicians, educators, health systems, organizations and policy leaders to build a future where evidence-based lifestyle medicine forms the foundation of healthcare.

Join our 16,000+ members helping to advance real, lasting change. With members like you, we’re creating a new healthcare paradigm that empowers clinicians, supports patients, and enables communities to thrive.

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Reversing chronic disease, redefining healthcare

In a system burdened by rising chronic disease, clinician burnout, and unsustainable costs, lifestyle medicine offers a scalable solution grounded in whole-person care, behavior change, and clinical innovation—bringing hope, healing, and a path forward for patients, providers, and the nation.

ACLM equips current and future healthcare professionals with evidence-based education, offering CME/CE/MOC opportunities and board certification pathways in lifestyle medicine. Through initiatives like the National Training Initiative, ACLM provides scholarships to primary care providers in underserved areas, fostering a competent workforce capable of addressing chronic disease through lifestyle interventions.

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ACLM facilitates the integration of lifestyle medicine into health systems, health plans, and community settings by providing resources, toolkits, and collaborative platforms. The Health Systems Council unites leading health systems to share best practices, aiming to make lifestyle medicine a standard component of patient care.

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ACLM advances lifestyle medicine by conducting original research, developing clinical guidelines, establishing core competencies, and promoting the pursuit of certification in the field. These efforts aim to standardize practices and validate the efficacy of lifestyle interventions in preventing and reversing chronic diseases.

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ACLM advocates for the inclusion of lifestyle medicine in medical education curricula and works to align reimbursement structures and quality measures with lifestyle-based interventions. Efforts include promoting new CPT codes and alternative payment models that support clinicians in delivering whole-person care.

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When the founders of ACLM launched the organization in 2004, they were ahead of their time.

Recognizing then that the current system of care wasn’t adequately addressing the lifestyle behavior change that’s needed to achieve sustainable health outcomes, they created the College with the vision of making lifestyle medicine the foundation of a transformed system of care. This approach is now widely viewed as the future of healthcare.

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Leadership matters

Our Team

Led by top experts in the field, ACLM is more than a medical society – we are a collective force for change.

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Join a growing community of professionals leading the charge to transform healthcare. ACLM members get exclusive access to education, resources, and networking that advance the practice of lifestyle medicine. Or, sign up for a free account to explore select tools and stay connected.

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Become a catalyst for a healthier world.

Together, we can change our current disease management trajectory and build a better, more sustainable system of care wherein everyone benefits. Join us and help shape a healthier future now and for generations to come.

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