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

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LM 2023 Call for Abstracts: Open Through May 31

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Trainee Research Grant

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ACLM RESEARCH BRIEFS

Long-term Physical Activity on Prescription Intervention for Patients with Insufficient PA Level
Effects of Physical Activity and Exercise on the Cognitive Function of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep and rest-activity rhythms
COVID-19 | Pre-existing chronic cardiac, respiratory and metabolic disease
Comorbidities and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City Area
Plant-based diets, pescatarian diets and COVID-19 severity: a population-based case–control study in six countries

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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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