Lifestyle Medicine : Closing Research, Practice, and Knowledge Gaps / edited by Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Robert F. Kushner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mechanick, Jeffrey I., Editor.

Kushner, Robert F., Editor.

Series:

Medicine Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endocrinology.

Internal medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Endocrinology.

Internal Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 777 p. 52 illus., 45 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This book represents the third in a series of Springer textbooks on Lifestyle Medicine by Dr. Mechanick and Dr. Kushner. The first book focused on theory and practice concepts. The second book focused on implementation with a specific tactic of building a lifestyle medicine center. This third book focuses on scientific evidence to close research gaps, knowledge gaps, and practice gaps. The general intent is to imbue the field of lifestyle medicine with scientific evidence. The other intent is to continue advancing a culture of preventive care for chronic disease using lifestyle medicine, but again through a tactic of emphasizing science, evidence, and critical thinking. Lifestyle Medicine: Closing Research, Practice, and Knowledge Gaps is organized into three sections. In the first section, driver-based chronic disease models and other elements that pertain to lifestyle medicine are explored in terms of current levels of scientific substantiation. In the second section, educational modalities are presented that can improve awareness of scientific and experiential knowledge by healthcare professionals. Topics include innovative teaching models, web-based activities, training and accreditation programs, and certification exams. In the third section, a variety of clinical scenarios are presented to highlight practice gaps – implementation issues where there is inadequate clinical action despite an awareness of the pertinent knowledge. The topics span critical domains that must be addressed so that lifestyle medicine can lead to favorable outcomes in people and populations at risk. These domains include: alcohol and substance abuse, colitis, brain health, environmental risk, pharmacotherapy de-escalation, routine change, socioeconomics, transculturalization, advanced analytics, home cardiac rehabilitation, digital twin technology, and a highly referenced discussion of the lifestyle medicine ecosystem and infrastructure. Care is taken to provide not only theoretical foundations but also case studies, where appropriate, to emphasize critical aspects. In conclusion, this third book on Lifestyle Medicine will complement the previous two Springer books and define a compendium of resources necessary for anyone interested in this field.

Contents:

Section 1: Closing Research Gaps

Driver-Based Chronic Disease: A Novel Paradigm for Lifestyle Medicine Targeting

Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease

Dysglycemia Based Chronic Disease

Hypertension-Based Chronic Disease

The Novel Lipid-Based Chronic Disease Model in Lifestyle Medicine – Impact on Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiometabolic-Based Chronic Disease

Malnutrition-Based Chronic Disease: A New Framework for Preventive Care

Dietary Patterns for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction: Moving from Evidence to Implementation

Lifestyle Medicine Research and Implementation in Chronic Kidney Disease

Effects of Lifestyle Interventions on Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

Chronic Pulmonary Disease and Lifestyle Medicine

Exercise and Diet in People with Inflammatory Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

Lifestyle Medicine Approaches to Bone Health – State of the Field and Future Directions

Comprehensive Cancer Care and Lifestyle Medicine

Lifestyle Psychiatry

The Exposome and Lifestyle Medicine: Research Gaps

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Lifestyle Medicine Research

Section 2: Closing Knowledge Gaps

Teaching Preventive Care Modalities

Models for Lifestyle Medicine Education

Online Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum – Development and Implementation

Toward a Culture of Nutrition Training Programs for Physicians - Challenges and Rewards

Accreditation Programs in Lifestyle Medicine – New Survey Data and A Proposed European Model

Emergence of a New Medical Subspecialty: The Case of Obesity Medicine

Section 3: Closing Practice Gaps

Lifestyle Medicine and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Cognitive Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Healthy Eating for Diabetes

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment – A Specialization in Lifestyle Medicine Centers

Addressing Enviromental Risks for Chronic Diseases in a Lifestyle Medicine Practice

Routine Change in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Pharmacotherapy De-Escalation as a Critical Component of Lifestyle Medicine

Digital Health Technology and Advanced Analytics in Lifestyle Medicine

Digital Twin Technology for Management of Chronic Metabolic Disease

Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation

Transculturalization and Globalization of Lifestyle Medicine

Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Lifestyle Medicine Implementation

The Lifestyle Medicine Center

The Lifestyle Medicine Eco-System: Deriving an Infrastructure to Defragment Healthcare.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-031-82888-7

OCLC:

1524424687