Lifestyle Medicine | Fellow Online Lecture Series

Joy English, MD, shares a lecture on Lifestyle Medicine as part of the AMSSM National Fellow Online Lecture Series. The session was moderated by Matthew Wise, DO.

[jonr]

Wow this speaker was so clear & so engaging. I was listening to every word.

Sadly I stopped halfway for a snack.

But one step at a time!

[jonr]

Finished the vid. As a layman it's mind-blowing that only 3pc of folks get it right... And even doctors are not always saints of wellbeing!

But I guess the evidential reality is everywhere. Lifestyle education as treatment is super important clearly.

What is less wholesome is ... Where do the multiple toxic influences come from in the first place?

No organisation even the gov has the power to influence enough people - and clearly something is seriously wrong with the education system and culture.

Of course the consumerism lazy boy pizza beer & TV, auto everything, drive everywhere 'culture' is the root cause - the tribe of normalised obesity is the herd animal drive to not stand out for fear of rejection by peers.

In that context, most medical trained staff are a world apart and so building trust with patients must be tough...

But equally no amount of well meaning advice is going to beat the toxic environment that most people live in, with ice-cream makers a few steps away...

As laudable as this adult education is, to fix the future needs to start with the KIDS. Stop them falling into the tarpit of destiny NOW before it's too late.