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Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Role of Lifestyle Factors in Medicine
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Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Role of Lifestyle Factors in Medicine

Garry Egger, Andrew Binns, Stephan Rössner and Michael Sagner
Lifestyle Medicine, pp.3-13
Elsevier Inc, Third Edition
2017

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Lifestyle medicine Lifestyle changes Self-management Conventional medicine Patients Risk factors
Lifestyle medicine (LM) is a relatively new adjunct to conventional medicine, focused on the increasing proportion of lifestyle and environmentally related chronic diseases associated with modern economic development. As such, it brings added skills and a “systems theory” approach to clinical practice, with an emphasis on patient involvement and behavior change to facilitate better long-term self-management of modern chronic diseases and conditions.

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