Friday, March 6, 2015

Lifestyle Medicine is Needed. Why?

https://eu-lifestylemedicine.org/lifestyle-medicine-definition/

Lifestyle Medicine is Needed

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) more than 70% of diseases (such as heart disease, type-2-diabetes, some forms of cancer, high blood pressure and obesity) worldwide are caused by lifestyle factors (such as bad nutrition, lack of physical activity and chronic psychological stress). The leading causes of mortality worldwide are lifestyle-related diseases(1,2). There is now strong evidence that lifestyle factors have profound impacts on the pathogenesis of these diseases.
ESLM is founding member of the Global Lifestyle Medicine Alliance GLMA with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the Harvard University Institute of Lifestyle Medicine  and the Australian Association of Lifestyle Medicine. GLMA is dedicated to globally promoting evidence-based lifestyle medicine.

Scientific Evidence

The pathogenesis of noncommunicable disease is increasingly better understood. Recent research has highlighted the strong connection between lifestyle factors (physical activity, nutrition, psychological stress) and the pathology of chronic diseases.

Lifestyle factors have a significant influence on human biology, cells and gene expression.

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