Lifestyle Medicine education is at the core of our work.

There is currently a huge need and demand for Lifestyle Medicine education for the members of the public and clinicians of all backgrounds.

High quality Lifestyle Medicine education is essential to support patients to lead healthier lives, with more options

than medications or surgery and more emphasis on what really matters to them.
It has the potential to protect the NHS and its workforce, reduce the impact of pandemics, turn the tide of long-term

chronic conditions and address health inequalities.

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Lifestyle Medicine education is at the core of our work.

There is currently a huge need and demand for Lifestyle Medicine education for the members of the public and clinicians

of all backgrounds.

 

Studies show:

• <8% of clinicians surveyed discuss stress or physical exercise with their patients

• >50% of GPs surveyed didn’t know the UK recommended activity guidance

• >90% of medical students and doctors agreed nutrition is important and they should play a key role but when dietary counselling occurred, it was of poor quality

• 36% of clinicians surveyed were not aware of any evidence-based lifestyle

guidelines for cancer survivorsIn most Western countries, care nurses perform the majority of long-term disease reviews, and health coaches and social prescribing link workers are playing an increasingly larger role in the NHS.

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We are currently 

• Collaborating with academic institutions to further lifestyle medicine research and teaching
• Supporting development of lifestyle medicine curricula
• Lifestyle medicine introductory course
• Lifestyle medicine diploma

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We are part of the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance, a network of lifestyle medicine societies in countries across the world.

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To see more  please visit  www.effectivehealthsolutions.org