Prescribing Lifestyle: Medicine Beyond Pills
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In the modern age, humanity faces a profound paradox, while medical technology has advanced with unprecedented speed, the global burden of chronic diseases continues to climb. Conditions such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer and mental health disorders have reached epidemic proportions. According to the World Health Organization, non-communicable diseases account for 75% of all non-pandemic related deaths globally in the year 2021, many of which are preventable through modifications in behavior and environment.1 Amid this crisis, lifestyle medicine (LM) has emerged as a scientific, evidence-based discipline that empowers individuals and communities to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic diseases by addressing their root causes.2,3
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