2011 Articles

January 2011
Michael Jeremiah, MD
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article excerpt: Dr. Jeremiah currently serves as the medical director of the Carilion Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program in Roanoke, Virginia... and has created and coordinates a rotation in Lifestyle Medicine for the residents.

February 2011
Atlanta Lifestyle Medicine, Jennifer Rooke, MD, MPH
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article excerpt: Patients coming to Atlanta Lifestyle Medicine have typically been diagnosed with a lifestyle-related disease that they have been unable to control with medications, or want to discontinue their prescription medications because of unacceptable side effects. Some simply want to lose weight or transition to a plant-based diet.

March 2011
News from the Lifestyle Medicine conference in San Antonio
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article excerpt: This month we are sharing with you some of the highlights of that progress as they happened in and around ACLM’s annual conference Lifestyle Medicine 2011.

April 2011
Doctor of Behavioral Health Program at Arizona State University
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article excerpt: The potential benefits of having a health care system that places an emphasis on behavior modification cannot be trivialized...The DBH program is an astounding and progressive step toward a health care system that places equal emphasis on both medical and lifestyle changes, and challenges patients to take an active role in their health.

May 2011
Stuart Seale, MD
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article excerpt: Dr. Seale views the clinic’s philosophy as Lifestyle Medicine disguised within a weight-loss program. Behavior change is a foundational component of the program, using proven approaches such as Motivational Interviewing and the Social Learning Model.

June 2011
John Principe, MD
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article excerpt: Successfully merging lifestyle medicine and internal medicine, the practice offers up-to-date individualized care based on foundational principles for optimal health: eating healthier, moving more, and living mindfully.

July 2011
Kerry Kuehl, MD, DrPH, MS
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article excerpt: In their leading-edge research, Dr. Kuehl and his team at Oregon Health & Science University are not only demonstrating the powerful impact of lifestyle on health, but are now revealing answers to some of the most challenging questions in healthcare: how to best motivate and bring about positive lifestyle change.  And their research demonstrates the substantial cost savings in doing so.

August 2011
Howard Gimbel, MD, MPH and Judith Gimbel, MPH
article excerpt: Physicians at the Gimbel Eye Centre share the common vision of helping patients achieve significant improvements in both eyesight and lifestyle.  Patients receive valuable information on the relationship of diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol to eye health, and learn about powerful protective factors in the development of cataracts and macular degeneration.

 September 2011
David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP
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article excerpt: Recognizing lifestyle as a powerful tool for prevention, he offers his short list of behaviors that influence health: feet, forks, fingers, sleep, stress, and love, referring to the first three as the 'master  levers' of medical destiny.  ... "We must move from our narrow vision of health care to a prevention-oriented system that is truly about the cultivation of health at its source."

October 2011
Changes in Healthcare: Opportunities in Lifestyle Medicine
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article excerpt: The best minds in the business of healthcare gathered at the first-ever Lifestyle Medicine Practice Management Workshop to guide Lifestyle Medicine providers in positioning themselves and their practices for success. We asked several of these thought leaders to share their perspective on what they see as critical changes underway in healthcare and how practitioners of Lifestyle Medicine can make the most of these opportunities.

November 2011
Corey Howard, MD, FACP
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article excerpt: “Within my practice I apply Lifestyle Medicine in the initial consultation, letting patients decide how they want to change. From there, I take them from where they are to where they want to be.”  In an effort to help strengthen physician skills in Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Howard has developed a tool for physicians to talk with patients about lifestyle change, a tool structured around the Transtheoretical Model, or TTM.

December 2011
Whole Foods Wellness Clubs, with Alona Pulde, MD and Matt Lederman, MD
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 article excerpt: Wellness Club programs include nutrition education, cooking classes, one-on-one coaching, weekly meetings, and practical skill-building activities aimed at promoting lifestyle change.  The program moves members through distinct levels of engagement, from initial introductory classes to four-week immersion and experimental phases, and finally to a maintenance phase, sustaining lifestyle practices for life-long health and well-being.