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Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

Northcote, VIC, AU • 10 - 19 Employees
Leisure/Hospitality

The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) is a not-for-profit society established in 2008, offering a new way of thinking about health and chronic disease.Lifestyle Medicine is growing in popularity around the world as a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to the challenges faced by our society and our health system, bridging the gap between health promotion and clinical practice with a multidisciplinary, whole system approach to the chronic and lifestyle-related disease problem. One definition of Lifestyle Medicine is, "The application of environmental, behavioural, medical and motivational principles to the management (including self care and self-management) of lifestyle-related health problems in a clinical and/or public health setting" (Egger, Binns and Rossner, 2013). It involves clinicians, public health professionals, researchers, scientists and educators working together to prevent, manage and treat conditions that result from physical inactivity, poor diet or nutrition, smoking, alcohol overconsumption, chronic stress, sleep debt, social isolation, loss of culture and identity, exposures to toxins and other influences of society and environment. ASLM is now a leading member of an international network of fifteen or more medical colleges and societies, all working to establish Lifestyle Medicine as central to clinical practice, healthcare and health policy.If you're a Medical Doctor, Dentist, Allied Health Practitioner, or involved in Health Research or Care visit www.lifestylemedicine.org.au to find out more about Lifestyle Medicine, Education Pathways, Membership and the Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference.