Day Four

Australia’s Dr Darren Morton closed the LM2025 conference with a keynote address that was equally humorous as it was sobering. His talk, The Problems with Parachutes – And What They Can Teach Us about Optimising the Impact of Lifestyle Medicine, began with…View article

Day Three

When Dean Ornish, one of the great pioneers of preventive medicine, describes lifestyle medicine, it carries a sense of urgency and wonder. “Imagine there’s a new breakthrough drug that can prevent and reverse most of the most common and costly chronic diseases,” he told interviewer Dr Darren Morton … View article

Although still currently expensive, wearable technology looks set to reshape and enhance the delivery of lifestyle medicine, Dr Lara Zakaria, told LM2025 this morning. Her presentation, From Behaviour to Longevity: Using Wearable Tech to Personalise Lifestyle Medicine, challenged clinicians and patients alike to … View article

A powerful panel led by Faith Nyong, RN, Dr Qadira Ali, and Dr David Bowman this morning challenged practitioners to rethink lifestyle medicine through the lens of health equity. Their message was clear: lifestyle interventions cannot be divorced from the social realities that shape … View article

Day Two

In the keynote address of the day, Dr Michael Greger delivered a presentation that cut to the heart of one of the most pressing issues in modern nutrition: the rise of ultra‑processed foods. His slides, dense with data and comparisons, painted a sobering picture of how these products—despite their convenience and popularity—carry hidden costs for… View article.

Yale psychologist Laurie Santos delivered a compelling message to lifestyle medicine practitioners today: happiness isn’t a luxury, it’s a clinical necessity, she told those gathered in the Texas ballroom at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine … View article

Cancer survivorship is no longer a rare outcome. In the United States alone, nearly 22.5 million people are expected to be living with a history of cancer by 2032. Advances in screening, treatment, and supportive care have enabled 75% of patients to live five years or more beyond … View article

Physician Dr David Sabgir and journalist Julia Hotz didn’t just present research—they threw down a challenge at today’s LM2025 conference in Grapevine, Texas. Their joint session, Walking the Walk: How Social Prescriptions for Movement, Nature & Belonging Improve Health, urged the audience to rethink the very essence of medicine. View article

Using health misinformation as a catalyst for patient engagement might sound like an oxymoron. After all, false claims and pseudo‑science are usually seen as barriers to good care. But at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Grapevine, Texas, earlier today, Dr Alice Burron flipped that assumption on its head. View article

Lifestyle Medicine (LM) has moved from the margins of healthcare into the centre of urgent conversations about chronic disease, cost, and sustainability, American College of Lifestyle Medicine President Dr Padmaja Patel, told the LM2025 conference earlier today. The latest updates from AACLM highlight both the progress made and the challenges ahead … View article

Day One

Fireside Sparks: If there were a prize for being the most evocative first-day speaker at LM2025, the winner would certainly have to be Dr Sachin Jain, president and CEO of SCAN Group. The pre-publicity for this presentation promised a “dynamic and thought-provoking fireside chat” ….. View article

A powerhouse panel comprising five keynote speakers and chaired by 17th U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, led the first major conference session of LM2025 in Grapevine, Texas, earlier today. This session, billed as one that would present bold ideas, real-world examples, and action calls for clinicians, policymakers, and community leaders alike, fully lived up to its hype. View article