Life Style Medicine I

Catalog description

Lifestyle Medicine provides evidence based proactive interventions to toxic aspects of our patients’ lives. It is these unhealthy behaviors that drive the risk of chronic diseases such as: hypertension, dyslipidemia, vascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and associated liver disease, cancer, and many more. The purpose of this course is to help clinicians identify components of a healthy lifestyle and be more able to help patients adopt healthy lifestyle choices. By addressing these drivers of disease clinicians have the opportunity to help their patients avoid developing debilitating chronic disease or mitigate the severity of those diseases.