Lifestyle Medicine Research

The Research Department at ACLM works to advance knowledge in the field of lifestyle medicine. Our areas of focus include:

  • Primary research on health outcomes following lifestyle medicine interventions, particularly in the context of disease treatment and reversal
  • Creation of guidance documents to support clinical practice and elevate the rigor and excellence of the field
  • Development of tools and assessments to aid in clinical practice and research
  • Evidence reviews and consumer-facing resources to support translation and dissemination

Research Publications

Ongoing Projects

AMA Style Guide

Call for Special Issue on “Food as Medicine” Submissions: Frontiers in Nutrition

LM 2023 Call for Abstracts: Open Through May 31

Trainee Research Grant

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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

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