Announcements

“Effectiveness of a Volunteer-Delivered Lifestyle Modification Program for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors” is a report on the short term clinical results of a large 5,070 free-living cohort in North America yielding some of the most impressive recorded clinical changes ever in the literature.
The results were achieved by volunteers, making this a most cost effective model for combating chronic disease.

To read the entire article, take this link: http://www.chiphealth.com/about_chip/scientific_articles.php

ACLM President-Elect Liana Lianov, MD, MPH spoke at Chonbuk National University in Jeonju, the first institution in Korea to start a lifestyle medicine program. This was their first Lifestyle Medicine Symposium, and the emphasis of Dr. Lianov's talk was on the incorporation of LM into practice.

For more about this experience, look for the article in the coming January issue of our e-newsletter, "Lifestyle Medicine in Action".

CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) has provided a convenient way for anyone to voice their concern over  the decision in congress regarding pizza and french fries in school lunches.

Please take this link to use CSPI's online form.

6 p.m. Eastern time Oct. 27  (3 p.m. Pacific Time)

sponsored by the AMA in collaboration with the ACLM leadership

"Lifestyle Medicine and How It Is Relevant to Your Practice"

CLICK HERE  for registration and more information

Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ by participating in a two-part webinar series from the AMA that helps physicians address clinical gaps in preventive medicine. The first webinar will cover physician competencies, including scientific evidence for clinical interventions to improve patients' lifestyles, physician responsibilities and community support. The second webinar will take place at 11 a.m. Eastern time Dec. 8 and examine preventable health risks among patients, prescribing appropriate recommendations and patient follow-up.

ACLM thanks the many attendees and speakers who made our first ever Practice Management Workshop such a wonderful experience, and have expressed their enthusiasm for this event.

Now we are pleased to announce that the workshop was professionally VIDEO recorded, and

ACLM members enjoy a substantial discount.  (Those who attended the workshop in person have free online access.)

is brought to you by the Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation in partnership with Michael Greger, M.D.
Dr. Greger scours the world of nutrition-related research, as published in scientific journals, and brings that information to you in short, easy to understand video segments. 
We also provide links to the original journal articles whenever possible so that you can source the information directly, if you so desire.

Dr. Liana Lianov, the ACLM President-Elect,
has just published a CME article about the lifestyle medicine competencies in primary care.

This article continues the discussion of the July 14, 2010 JAMA commentary that introduced lifestyle medicine competencies for primary care physicians. The competencies were developed by a blue ribbon consensus panel. The new CME Medscape article discusses some ongoing barriers and solutions for incorporating lifestyle medicine into primary care practice.

Here is a link to the article:

http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/747743

What is the ultimate event that would bring together and provide practitioners with what they most need and want for Lifestyle Medicine practice success?  This is the question we started with.  This is what we’ve put together for you.

 THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE in partnership with THE INSTITUTE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE offers:

Realizing the Dream:  Lifestyle Medicine Practice Management Workshop

 Convening top expertise and proven systems for profitable Lifestyle Medicine practice, this intensive training will walk you through leading-edge strategies designed for YOUR practice success.

 September 25^th-28^th 2011, Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area

• Be appropriately and consistently reimbursed for Lifestyle Medicine services
• Leverage internet technologies to strengthen your Lifestyle Medicine practice
• Recognize opportunities in Health Care Reform
• Receive individualized practice recommendations
• Avoid costly and time-consuming mistakes
• Network with other Lifestyle Medicine practitioners

The American College of Preventive Medicine designates this course for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™

To register, or for more information, click here

ACLM Director, Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH authored

"Bringing Lifestyle into the Equation"
published in the current issue of the Journal of Managed Care Medicine. With the Journal's permission, here is a link to the article PDF.

http://www.namcp.org/journals/jmcm/articles/14-2/BringingLifestyle.pdf

A significant action taken at the Preventive Medicine/Lifestyle Medicine Conference in San Antonio was for ACPM to formally accept ACLM's request to become one of its academies.

This action does not change the day-to-day functioning of ACLM in any way; ACLM remains an autonomous organization with its own governance, decisions, and finances.

We are confident that the formalized association will help the two organizations collaborate more closely in promoting Lifestyle Medicine and provide future opportunities. Importantly, it will keep the two professional organizations with a Lifestyle Medicine focus working collaboratively, not competitively. We all need to pull together to really bring Lifestyle Medicine into the prominence that it deserves.