Full course description
Description
This training provides an overview of lifestyle medicine, emphasizing its role in addressing the root causes of chronic diseases through interventions targeting diet, physical activity, and stress management. It highlights the importance of lifestyle modifications in preventing and managing chronic conditions like heart disease by reducing risk factors such as high cholesterol and sedentary behavior.
Target Audience
This training video will be beneficial to healthcare providers, wellness coaches, public health professionals, and individuals seeking to improve chronic disease outcomes through lifestyle modifications.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this training, you will be able to:
- Understand the focus of lifestyle medicine on treating the underlying causes of chronic diseases.
- Identify key lifestyle factors targeted in lifestyle medicine, including diet, physical activity, and stress management.
- Recognize the role of lifestyle medicine in reducing major risk factors, such as cholesterol levels, to prevent heart disease.
- Differentiate between lifestyle medicine’s approach of addressing root causes versus symptom management.