{"id":28889,"date":"2025-06-18T14:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/?page_id=28889"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:58:11","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/blog-news\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_da35d8ba4a86df396cda6b6b0e887858\" class=\"sec sec--hero mob-gut-0 hero__short\">\n\t<div class=\"container hero__short\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__content\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper__image flex-mob-col rel center\">\n                    <div class=\"wrapper__hero-image hide-mobile oflow-hid rel box__shadow-soft\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM-300x134.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM-1024x458.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM-768x343.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM.webp 1440w\" height=\"644\" width=\"1440\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"obj__cover\" \/>            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wrapper__image-mobile hide-desktop rel\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM-300x134.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM-1024x458.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM-768x343.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/2025\/06\/Research-FAM.webp 1440w\" height=\"644\" width=\"1440\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"breadcrumbs-container container\"><nav class=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/div>        <div class=\"wrapper__copy container flex-col \">\n        <div class=\"copy__inner center flex-col\">\n                            <h1 class=\"copy__title text-center color__blue-light wgt__500\">\n                    Explore the why and how of lifestyle medicine                <\/h1>\n                                        <div class=\"copy__text wysiwyg\">\n                    <p style=\"text-align: center;\">The ACLM Blog offers an accessible entry point into the field of lifestyle medicine. Here, we break down common barriers and provide real-world examples of how this evidence-based approach is being integrated into clinical practice, medical education, and healthcare systems at large. Through expert insights, implementation strategies, research highlights, and stories from the front lines, you&#8217;ll gain a clearer understanding of what lifestyle medicine looks like in action\u2014and why it matters. If you&#8217;re exploring whether this path is right for you or your patients, this is where the conversation begins.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_8623b3f42d8425c9fbebe6c012356cf6\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__upper-none bg__lower-none\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n                    <div class=\"col col__featured bdr__rad-10 oflow-hid bg__color-white\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"wrapper__feat-img oflow-hid\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine-.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine--300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine-.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"obj__cover\" \/>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wrapper__feat-copy flex-col\">\n                    <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Blog<\/span>\n                    <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Transforming rural health through lifestyle medicine\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n                    <p>Integrating lifestyle medicine into applications for the new $50 billion Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation Program offers a powerful framework to improve population health, boost workforce efficiency, and reduce healthcare costs in rural communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Read More<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            \n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Blog<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Fostering growth through connection: a mentor match success story\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/fostering-growth-through-connection-a-mentor-match-success-story\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Mentor-match-blog-_1_.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Mentor-match-blog-_1_-300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Mentor-match-blog-_1_.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Blog<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Community health workers fill gap between health care system and \u2018where life happens\u2019<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-where-life-happens\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-\u2018where-life-happens-_1_.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-\u2018where-life-happens-_1_-300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-\u2018where-life-happens-_1_.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Blog<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Lifestyle medicine core competencies updated: Addressing today\u2019s global health priorities<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-addressing-todays-global-health-priorities\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-Addressing-todays-global-health-priorities-.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-Addressing-todays-global-health-priorities--300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-Addressing-todays-global-health-priorities-.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_22e688b0e44b032fb5445bf50f65549d\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__upper-none bg__lower-none\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n    <h2 class=\"color__blue-light text-center flex-as-c\">Clinical &#038; community integration<\/h2>        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb flex-mob-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Clinical &amp; Community Integration<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Community health workers fill gap between health care system and \u2018where life happens\u2019<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-where-life-happens\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-\u2018where-life-happens-_1_.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-\u2018where-life-happens-_1_-300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Community-health-workers-fill-gap-between-health-care-system-and-\u2018where-life-happens-_1_.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Clinical &amp; Community Integration<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Lifestyle medicine core competencies updated: Addressing today\u2019s global health priorities<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-addressing-todays-global-health-priorities\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-Addressing-todays-global-health-priorities-.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-Addressing-todays-global-health-priorities--300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Lifestyle-medicine-core-competencies-updated-Addressing-todays-global-health-priorities-.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Clinical &amp; Community Integration<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Transforming rural health through lifestyle medicine\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine-.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine--300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Transforming-rural-health-through-lifestyle-medicine-.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Clinical &amp; Community Integration<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">A Texas-sized revolution in lifestyle medicine\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/a-texas-sized-revolution-in-lifestyle-medicine\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/A-Texas-sized-revolution-in-lifestyle-medicine.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/A-Texas-sized-revolution-in-lifestyle-medicine-300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/A-Texas-sized-revolution-in-lifestyle-medicine.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Clinical &amp; Community Integration<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">How to use shared medical appointments in under-resourced communities\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/how-to-use-shared-medical-appointments-in-under-resourced-communities\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/How-to-use-shared-medical-appointments-in-under-resourced-communities-_1_.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/How-to-use-shared-medical-appointments-in-under-resourced-communities-_1_-300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/How-to-use-shared-medical-appointments-in-under-resourced-communities-_1_.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Clinical &amp; Community Integration<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">ACLM and NACHC launch partnership to improve health outcomes 32.5 million CHC patients<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/aclm-and-nachc-launch-partnership-to-improve-health-outcomes-32-5-million-chc-patients\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/ACLM-and-NACHC-launch-partnership-to-improve-health-outcomes-for-more-than-30-million-FQHC-patients-.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/ACLM-and-NACHC-launch-partnership-to-improve-health-outcomes-for-more-than-30-million-FQHC-patients--300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/ACLM-and-NACHC-launch-partnership-to-improve-health-outcomes-for-more-than-30-million-FQHC-patients-.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_86f947c65da1a07fa1de2fb0c9cb82a6\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__color-blue-lightest\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n    <h2 class=\"color__blue-light text-center flex-as-c\">Delivery Models &#038; Payment<\/h2>        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb flex-mob-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Delivery Models &amp; Payment<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">A stepwise approach to launching a lifestyle medicine practice<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/a-stepwise-approach-to-launching-a-lifestyle-medicine-practice\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-stepwise-approach-to-launching-lifestyle-medicine-practice.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-stepwise-approach-to-launching-lifestyle-medicine-practice-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-stepwise-approach-to-launching-lifestyle-medicine-practice-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-stepwise-approach-to-launching-lifestyle-medicine-practice.webp 1000w\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Doctor talking to patient\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Delivery Models &amp; Payment<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Lifestyle medicine payment landscape<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/lifestyle-medicine-payment-landscape\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-payment-landscape.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-payment-landscape-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-payment-landscape-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-payment-landscape.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Doctor using calculator at desk\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Delivery Models &amp; Payment<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Use of lifestyle medicine interventions show economic benefits<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/lifestyle-medicine-supports-cost-savings\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-interventions-economic-benefits.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-interventions-economic-benefits-300x209.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-interventions-economic-benefits-768x535.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lifestyle-medicine-interventions-economic-benefits.webp 800w\" height=\"557\" width=\"800\" alt=\"Close up of doctor's hand as he uses a calculator\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Delivery Models &amp; Payment<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Delivering high-value, whole-person care in current payment models<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/lifestyle-medicine-payment-models\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reimbursement-payment-models-lifestyle-medicine.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reimbursement-payment-models-lifestyle-medicine-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reimbursement-payment-models-lifestyle-medicine-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/reimbursement-payment-models-lifestyle-medicine.webp 1024w\" height=\"695\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"Helath insurance forms on a clipboard next to stethoscope\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Delivery Models &amp; Payment<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Building a sustainable economic model for lifestyle medicine<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/sustainable-economic-model\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sustainable-Economic-Model-Email-Hero.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sustainable-Economic-Model-Email-Hero-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sustainable-Economic-Model-Email-Hero-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sustainable-Economic-Model-Email-Hero.webp 950w\" height=\"512\" width=\"950\" alt=\"Stethoscope, pen, and calculator on top of ledger\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Delivery Models &amp; Payment<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Can paying doctors more for making patients healthier transform primary care?<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/primary-care-first\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/memorial-health-primary-care-first.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/memorial-health-primary-care-first-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/memorial-health-primary-care-first-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/memorial-health-primary-care-first-768x431.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/memorial-health-primary-care-first.webp 1400w\" height=\"786\" width=\"1400\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_1c293e56e89e98c85cd864d062dcc86a\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__color-white\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n    <h2 class=\"color__blue-light text-center flex-as-c\">Type 2 diabetes<\/h2>        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb flex-mob-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Diabetes<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Practical strategies for using ACLM\u2019s clinical practice guideline on lifestyle interventions to treat and prevent type 2 diabetes\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/practical-strategies-for-using-aclms-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Practical-strategies-for-using-ACLMs-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes-blog-grid-image-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Practical-strategies-for-using-ACLMs-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes-blog-grid-image-1-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Practical-strategies-for-using-ACLMs-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes-blog-grid-image-1.png 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Diabetes<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Project Remission: A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Type 2 Diabetes<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/project-remission-a-lifestyle-medicine-approach-to-type-2-diabetes\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/CWP-Blog.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/CWP-Blog-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/CWP-Blog-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/CWP-Blog.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Diabetes<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">New clinical practice guideline puts\u00a0lifestyle\u00a0interventions at\u00a0forefront of\u00a0diabetes\u00a0care<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/lifestyle-medicine-and-the-path-to-type-2-diabetes-remission\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-clinical-practice-guideline-puts-lifestyle-interventions-at-forefront-of-diabetes-care-800x544-1.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-clinical-practice-guideline-puts-lifestyle-interventions-at-forefront-of-diabetes-care-800x544-1-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-clinical-practice-guideline-puts-lifestyle-interventions-at-forefront-of-diabetes-care-800x544-1-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-clinical-practice-guideline-puts-lifestyle-interventions-at-forefront-of-diabetes-care-800x544-1.webp 800w\" height=\"544\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Diabetes<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">ACLM, Aspen Institute event highlights food as medicine for type 2 diabetes treatment and prevention<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/aclm-aspen-institute-event-highlights-food-as-medicine-for-type-2-diabetes-treatment-and-prevention\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen.webp 940w\" height=\"625\" width=\"940\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Diabetes<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Preventing non-traumatic amputations with lifestyle medicine<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/preventing-amputations-with-lifestyle-medicine\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/preventing-non-traumatic-amputation-lifestyle-medicine.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/preventing-non-traumatic-amputation-lifestyle-medicine-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/preventing-non-traumatic-amputation-lifestyle-medicine-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/preventing-non-traumatic-amputation-lifestyle-medicine.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Close up of clinician examining bandaged amputated leg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Diabetes<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">A clinician&#8217;s perspective on type 2 diabetes and lifestyle medicine: Metabolic health is mental health<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/metabolic-health-is-mental-health\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/T2D-and-mental-health.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/T2D-and-mental-health-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/T2D-and-mental-health-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/T2D-and-mental-health.webp 1024w\" height=\"695\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_c5e751277c800eb2e1c3e5ad9f5ff52d\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__color-white-off\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n    <h2 class=\"color__blue-light text-center flex-as-c\">Lifestyle medicine certification<\/h2>        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb flex-mob-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Certification<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">A step-by-step guide to lifestyle medicine certification<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/a-step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Doctor reviewing charts\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Certification<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Why get certified in lifestyle medicine? Hear from four clinicians who just did.<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-hear-from-four-clinicians-who-just-did\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Certification<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Lifestyle medicine certification offers health professionals new career opportunities<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/lifestyle-medicine-career-opportunities\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/job-opportunities-lifestyle-medicine.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/job-opportunities-lifestyle-medicine-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/job-opportunities-lifestyle-medicine-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/job-opportunities-lifestyle-medicine.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Diverse group of healthcare professionals\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Certification<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum expands nationwide, empowering future physicians<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/residency-curriculum-expands-nationwide\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LMRC-blog-featured.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LMRC-blog-featured-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LMRC-blog-featured-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LMRC-blog-featured.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Group of doctors working at computer\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Certification<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">How lifestyle medicine certification opens doors to new career opportunities<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/how-lifestyle-medicine-certification-opens-doors-to-new-career-opportunities\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diverse-healthcare-team.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diverse-healthcare-team-300x254.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diverse-healthcare-team-768x650.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diverse-healthcare-team.webp 1024w\" height=\"867\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"Diverse team of healthcare professionals giving the thumbs up\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Certification<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Why use the Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course to prepare for certification?<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/prepare-for-lifestyle-medicine-certification\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-use-lifestyle-medicine-board-review-course-certification.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-use-lifestyle-medicine-board-review-course-certification-300x197.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-use-lifestyle-medicine-board-review-course-certification-768x504.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-use-lifestyle-medicine-board-review-course-certification.webp 1024w\" height=\"672\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"Group of clinicians with the lifestyle medicine pillar icons overlaid\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_e14afb90df45e2e3286a2050b289a2b6\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__color-white\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n    <h2 class=\"color__blue-light text-center flex-as-c\">Optimal nutrition<\/h2>        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb flex-mob-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Optimal Nutrition<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">How each lifestyle medicine pillar supports good nutrition<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/how-each-lifestyle-medicine-pillar-supports-good-nutrition\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-each-lifestyle-medicine-pillar-supports-good-nutrition.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-each-lifestyle-medicine-pillar-supports-good-nutrition-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-each-lifestyle-medicine-pillar-supports-good-nutrition-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-each-lifestyle-medicine-pillar-supports-good-nutrition.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"The six pillar icons over healthy food\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Optimal Nutrition<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">ACLM, Aspen Institute event highlights food as medicine for type 2 diabetes treatment and prevention<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/aclm-aspen-institute-event-highlights-food-as-medicine-for-type-2-diabetes-treatment-and-prevention\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/attendees-aspen.webp 940w\" height=\"625\" width=\"940\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Optimal Nutrition<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Transforming healthcare with lifestyle and food as medicine: The impact of ACLM\u2019s Essentials course<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-the-impact-of-aclms-essentials-course\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Doctor writing on clipboard with produce and a tape measure on the table\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Optimal Nutrition<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">How to make food as medicine successful and sustainable<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/making-fam-sustainable\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/food-as-medicine-sustainable-1.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/food-as-medicine-sustainable-1-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/food-as-medicine-sustainable-1-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/food-as-medicine-sustainable-1.webp 1024w\" height=\"695\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"Top down view of a spread of health produce with nuts and seed in heart-shaped bowls\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Optimal Nutrition<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Transforming hospital food from bad to healthy and delicious<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/transforming-hospital-food\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/healthy-hospital-food.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/healthy-hospital-food-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/healthy-hospital-food-1024x691.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/healthy-hospital-food-768x518.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/healthy-hospital-food.webp 1260w\" height=\"850\" width=\"1260\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Optimal Nutrition<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Making the healthy choice the easy choice with lifestyle medicine<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/making-the-healthy-choice-the-easy-choice\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Grega-healthy-choice-kellyn-foundation-3.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Grega-healthy-choice-kellyn-foundation-3-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Grega-healthy-choice-kellyn-foundation-3-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Grega-healthy-choice-kellyn-foundation-3.webp 1024w\" height=\"768\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_261f9388ad8e500292572a25d70e6c96\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__color-blue-lightest\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n    <h2 class=\"color__blue-light text-center flex-as-c\">Research &#038; innovation<\/h2>        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb flex-mob-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Research &amp; Innovation<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Practical strategies for using ACLM\u2019s clinical practice guideline on lifestyle interventions to treat and prevent type 2 diabetes\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/practical-strategies-for-using-aclms-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Practical-strategies-for-using-ACLMs-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes-blog-grid-image-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Practical-strategies-for-using-ACLMs-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes-blog-grid-image-1-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Practical-strategies-for-using-ACLMs-clinical-practice-guideline-on-lifestyle-interventions-to-treat-and-prevent-type-2-diabetes-blog-grid-image-1.png 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Research &amp; Innovation<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Ornish study shows lifestyle changes improved cognition in early Alzheimer\u2019s patients<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/ornish-research\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brain-health.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brain-health-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brain-health-1024x579.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brain-health-768x435.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brain-health.webp 1260w\" height=\"713\" width=\"1260\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Research &amp; Innovation<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Hope and healing: Type 2 diabetes remission with lifestyle medicine<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/type-2-diabetes-remission-with-lifestyle-medicine\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/health-care-not-sick-care.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/health-care-not-sick-care-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/health-care-not-sick-care-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/health-care-not-sick-care.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"SMiling black doctor talking to patient\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Research &amp; Innovation<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Expert consensus: Lifestyle medicine in primary care<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/ecs-lifestyle-medicine-in-primary-care\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/expert-concensus-statement-primary-care.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/expert-concensus-statement-primary-care-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/expert-concensus-statement-primary-care-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/expert-concensus-statement-primary-care.webp 1024w\" height=\"695\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"Groups of doctors in labcoats in a circle with hands in\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Research &amp; Innovation<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Addressing diabetes among Hispanic Americans<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/addressing-diabetes-among-hispanic-americans\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diabetes-hispanic-americans.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diabetes-hispanic-americans-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diabetes-hispanic-americans-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diabetes-hispanic-americans.png 1024w\" height=\"695\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"smiling hispanic family\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Research &amp; Innovation<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Whole food, plant-based diets&#8217; impact on insulin-treated type 2 diabetes: A breakthrough study<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/whole-food-plant-based-diet-impact-on-insulin-treated-type-2-diabetes\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/wfpb-and-dash-diet-research.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/wfpb-and-dash-diet-research-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/wfpb-and-dash-diet-research-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/wfpb-and-dash-diet-research.webp 1024w\" height=\"695\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"Top view pr tomatoes, cucmbers, and garlic on a wood cuttingboard with a blood glucose monitor\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_2b91a1775231a3b532aa7023a48f1246\" class=\"sec sec--blog-grid padding__default padding__default-bot bg__color-white\">\n    <div class=\"container flex-mob-col flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb\">\n        \n    <h2 class=\"color__blue-light text-center flex-as-c\">Workforce development<\/h2>        \n        <div class=\"col col__posts flex-desk-wrap flex-desk-jc-sb flex-mob-col\">\n                \n\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Workforce Development<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Can\u2019t attend Lifestyle Medicine 2025 in person? Here is why you should join virtually\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/cant-attend-lifestyle-medicine-2025-in-person-here-is-why-you-should-join-virtually\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Cant-attend-Lifestyle-Medicine-2025-in-person-Here-is-why-you-should-join-virtually-.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Cant-attend-Lifestyle-Medicine-2025-in-person-Here-is-why-you-should-join-virtually--300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/09\/Cant-attend-Lifestyle-Medicine-2025-in-person-Here-is-why-you-should-join-virtually-.png 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Academic Integration<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Research reveals growing impact of Lifestyle Medicine Interest Groups\u00a0<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/research-reveals-growing-impact-of-lifestyle-medicine-interest-groups\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/08\/Research-reveals-growing-impact-of-Lifestyle-Medicine-Interest-Groups-grid-image-.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/08\/Research-reveals-growing-impact-of-Lifestyle-Medicine-Interest-Groups-grid-image--300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/08\/Research-reveals-growing-impact-of-Lifestyle-Medicine-Interest-Groups-grid-image-.webp 630w\" height=\"275\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Workforce Development<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">A step-by-step guide to lifestyle medicine certification<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/a-step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/step-by-step-guide-to-lifestyle-medicine-certification-2025.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Doctor reviewing charts\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Workforce Development<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Why get certified in lifestyle medicine? Hear from four clinicians who just did.<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-hear-from-four-clinicians-who-just-did\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Why-get-certified-in-lifestyle-medicine-Hear-from-five-clinicians-who-just-did.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Blog<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">Transforming healthcare with lifestyle and food as medicine: The impact of ACLM\u2019s Essentials course<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-the-impact-of-aclms-essentials-course\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/transforming-healthcare-with-lifestyle-and-food-as-medicine-essentials.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Doctor writing on clipboard with produce and a tape measure on the table\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post flex\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper__post-meta flex-col col-post\">\n        <span class=\"pill flex-inline flex-jc-c flex-ai-c flex-as-fs bdr__rad-trl-10 bg__color-green-light wgt__700 text-upper\">Workforce Development<\/span>\n                        <h3 class=\"title wgt__600\">How ACLM members are promoting lifestyle medicine at the state level<\/h3>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/how-aclm-members-are-promoting-lifestyle-medicine-at-the-state-level\/\" class=\"button button__open flex-as-fs\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/state-blog-association-advocacy.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/state-blog-association-advocacy-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/state-blog-association-advocacy-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/state-blog-association-advocacy.webp 1000w\" height=\"680\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Group of doctors talking at a table\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"col__post-img obj__cover bdr__rad-10\" \/>    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":28191,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Am. 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