What is Lifestyle Medicine
Ready-Made Words for Healthier Conversations
Patient Letter Phrases for Plant-Rich Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine
This practical resource provides a collection of ready-made phrases that can be adapted and copied into patient letters, tailored to each individual’s clinical circumstances, priorities and care plan. Covering a wide range of health conditions and lifestyle topics – including plant-rich nutrition, sleep, managing cholesterol, exercise and strength, and more. It aims to make it quicker and easier to incorporate evidence-based lifestyle medicine into routine clinical correspondence. It also signposts to a range of supporting references and patient resources for further information.
Lifestyle medicine is a medical speciality focused on using therapeutic lifestyle interventions as the primary approach to treat and often reverse chronic conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Certified lifestyle medicine clinicians are trained to implement evidence-based, whole-person strategies that emphasise prescriptive lifestyle changes. By applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine – Optimal nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, connectedness and risky substance avoidance – clinicians not only treat but also effectively prevent these conditions.