Many of us are strong proponents of “lifestyle medicine”, but we also know how hard it can be to make lasting, healthy lifestyle changes, even when people know what to do and have the means to do it. Yet many studies have shown simple approaches can help make long-lasting healthy lifestyle changes happen.
What is lifestyle medicine?
(via Harvard University Medical School Health Publishing)
In the US, lifestyle medicine is built around six pillars: eating healthy foods; exercising regularly; easing stress; getting restful sleep; quitting addictive substances like tobacco and limiting alcohol; and nurturing social connections.
The University of South Alabama Health System’s Medical Center is committed to the overall health and well-being of the Gulf Coast. In addition to offering the finest in disease care through the broad range of hospital and outpatient settings, they recognize the large impact lifestyle choices play in health and disease.
Small lifestyle changes can have big impacts on most of the major causes of illness and death in our community. USA Health’s integrative medicine approach helps impact those changes through research, teaching and delivery of this information to the community at large.
Join us at the next USA by the Bay Eastern Shore Speaker Series event to be held Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. at the USA Baldwin County Campus Performance Center. Registration is required.
Chief Executive Officer and Senior Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs of USA Health Owen Bailey, Internal Medicine Physician Dr. Robert Israel, and Family Medicine Physician Dr. Benjamin Schrubbe will give a presentation titled: “Integrative Health and Wellness Initiative featuring Culinary Medicine”
May 30, 2024: USA by the Bay Eastern Shore Speaker Series event to be held Thursday, May 30 at 5:30 p.m. at the USA Baldwin County Campus Performance Center. Learn more>>
