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ACLM is the nation’s medical professional society advancing lifestyle medicine as the foundation for a redesigned, high-value and equitable healthcare delivery system, leading to whole person health. ACLM educates, equips, empowers and supports its members through quality, evidence-based education, certification, research and practice support to identify and eradicate the root cause of chronic disease, with a clinical outcome goal of health restoration as opposed to disease management.
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ACLM provides resources and interviews with experts on food as medicine, sleep, physical activity, stress management, risky substances, social connectivity, high-value health care, health equity, health care delivery models and reimbursement strategies.
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Medscape
New Guidelines Shift Diabetes Care Toward Behavior
The guidelines for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes published by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine are intended to enhance some of the health behaviors that are recommended by all of the leading authorities and medical societies.
American Medical Association Update
Why lifestyle medicine is growing so fast
AMA Board of Trustees Chair and ABLM diplomate Dr. Michael Suk appeared on AMA Update to discuss the benefits of lifestyle medicine and earning certification in the fast-growing field.
Healio
First set of lifestyle medicine tools integrated into Epic EHR.
The integration of the first set of lifestyle medicine assessment tools into EPIC electronic health records is an opportunity for clinicians to begin treating the root causes of chronic disease. David Michael, MD, DipABLM, explains why in this interview.
| December 12, 2024 | Study shows American College of Lifestyle Medicine education initiative improves clinicians’ ability to make lifestyle and dietary interventions |
| December 10, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces lifestyle medicine leader and innovator Dr. Padmaja Patel as president for 2025-2027 |
| December 4, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine Announces 2024 Fellows for Outstanding Achievement |
| November 21, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces 2024 Distinguished Special Recognition Awards for outstanding contributions in lifestyle medicine |
| November 20, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine honors Dr. Dexter Shurney with Inaugural Health Equity Award for his dedication to improve health disparities |
| November 19, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine and U.S. Space Force announce partnership to optimize service member health through lifestyle medicine |
| November 14, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine honors Dr. David L. Katz with President’s Award for exceptional dedication |
| November 13, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine honors Dr. Ron Stout with 2024 Trailblazer Award for leadership and innovation in lifestyle medicine |
| November 12, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine honors Nathan Pritikin for lifetime achievement in lifestyle medicine |
| November 5, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces publication of unique 23-article special issue of Frontiers in Nutrition focused on food as medicine |
| August 22, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine earns 2024 Power of Associations Gold Award for “Lifestyle Medicine and Food as Medicine Essentials” course |
| August 13, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces new CME/CE course on using food as medicine to achieve type 2 diabetes remission |
| June 27, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine launches Innovators Council to ignite systematic adoption and implementation of lifestyle medicine |
| June 25, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine earns 2024 Gold Circle Award for new member experience initiative |
| June 18, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine Announces Dan Buettner as Opening Keynote, Blue Zones as Presenting Community Health Sponsor of 2024 Lifestyle Medicine Conference |
| June 13, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine Awards Clinicians from More Than 100 Health Centers with Training in Lifestyle Medicine to Better Serve Under-Resourced Populations (prweb.com) |
| June 10, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces induction into the American Medical Association House of Delegates (prnewswire.com) |
| June 4, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces 2024 Dr. Stephen Turner Residency Director and Faculty Scholarship recipients |
| May 29, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine awards scholarships dedicated to reducing lifestyle-related chronic disease health disparities, diversifying workforce (prweb.com) |
| May 21, 2024 | Global leaders in lifestyle medicine mark Lifestyle Medicine Week with declaration for urgent actions to address burden of non-communicable diseases (prweb.com) |
| May 14, 2024 | Blue Zones and American College of Lifestyle Medicine Create Partnership to Accelerate a Lifestyle-First Approach to All Healthcare |
| May 2, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Announces Speakers, Presenting Sponsor for 2024 Annual CME/CE-Accredited Conference Oct. 27-30 |
| April 30, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces unique screening tool for clinicians to efficiently assess patient dietary patterns (prweb.com) |
| April 25, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine and National Medical Association announce partnership to address chronic disease health disparities and diversify medical workforce (prweb.com) |
| April 23, 2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine supports proposed law requiring protections for children from ultra-processed, sugar-sweetened foods and beverages (prweb.com) |
| March 19, 2024 | Research case series presents food as medicine as a potential treatment for lupus and other autoimmune diseases (prweb.com) |
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Integrating Lifestyle Medicine Into Family Practice
This 22-article series of reviews and practice briefs introducing the field and implementation of lifestyle medicine to family medicine physicians describes the six pillars of lifestyle medicine, its evidence-based use in chronic disease treatment, its clinical practice implementation and its future as today’s fastest-growing medical specialty. The publication sponsored by ACLM was edited and peer-reviewed by the Journal of Family Practice. The 22-article supplement, a year in the making, is live thanks to the generous support of Ardmore Institute of Health, ACLM staff, and the hard work of some 58 authors.
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