Building Health Equity: Action Steps From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Health Disparities Solutions Summit (HDSS) 2020
This paper provides background on the realities of health disparities in the United States, introduces the entrance point of lifestyle medicine (LM) practice in the struggle for health equity, and summarizes Summit proceedings and recommended action steps.
Lifestyle Medicine Reimbursement: A Proposal for Policy Priorities Informed by a Cross-Sectional Survey of Lifestyle Medicine Practitioners
This article published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health presents the results of a cross-sectional survey of lifestyle medicine practitioners regarding reimbursement and proposes policy priorities to help with reimbursement for lifestyle medicine services.
Plant-Based Foods for Skin Health: A Narrative Review
This article was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Diet or Exercise Interventions vs Combined Behavioral Weight Management Programs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Direct Comparisons
This article was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Guiding Global Best Practice in Personalized Nutrition Based on Genetics: The Development of a Nutrigenomics Care Map
This article was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Lifestyle Medicine and Economics: A Proposal for Research Priorities Informed by a Case Series of Disease Reversal
A recent article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health demonstrates the value of Lifestyle Medicine by detailing four cases that utilized an intensive, therapeutic lifestyle intervention change approach to dramatically reverse disease and reduce healthcare costs.
Association between Ultra-processed Food Consumption and Dietary Intake and Diet Quality in Korean Adults
Critical Role of Nutrition in Improving Quality of Care: An Interdisciplinary Call to Action to Address Adult Hospital Malnutrition
Published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Plant-based dietary intake moderates adverse childhood experiences associated with early mortality in an older adventist cohort
A study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research indicates plant-based dietary intake moderates adverse childhood experiences associated with early mortality.
Undergraduate Medical Education: Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum Implementation Standards
Ardmore Institute of Health supports these curriculum standards for undergraduate medical education.
The Best Beverage for the Best Blood Pressure
A simple lifestyle habit that can help optimize blood pressure.
Is Coconut Oil a Heart-Healthy Fat?
In order to optimize your LDL cholesterol (<100 mg/dL) minimize the use of coconut oil and all saturated fat-rich foods.
Medical Education Transformation: Lifestyle Medicine in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education, Fellowship, and Continuing Medical Education
Read an update on the progress in this recent article in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Education in a New Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program
A new residency program in Mississippi is implementing American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum. The curriculum is funded in part by Ardmore Institute of Health.
Jumpstarting Health With a 15-Day Whole-Food Plant-Based Program
A 15-day jumpstart nutrition program published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine was funded in part by Ardmore Institute of Health.
Alignment Between Medical Payment Models and Lifestyle Medicine Physician Incentives
Download the Literature Review on Medical Payment Models Alignment with Lifestyle Medicine.
Impact of a nutrition education program on health behaviors in a university workplace wellness program
A new research study involving the Full Plate Living group program was published in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit White Paper Published in Frontiers in Medicine
White paper on the AIH sponsored Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit Published in Frontiers in Medicine.
DNA Methylation Profiles of Vegans and Non-Vegetarians in the Adventist Health Study-2 Cohort
Funded by the Ardmore Institute of Health and the National Institutes of Health, this paper sought to determine if DNA methylation patterns differed between vegans and non-vegetarians in the Adventist Health Study-2 cohort.
National Food Is Medicine Summary of Evidence
Click here to review the summary of evidence document.