Lifestyle Medicine and the Primary Care Provider

Lifestylesss Medicine and the Primary Care Provider: A Practical Guide to Enabling Whole Person Care is a comprehensive and practical guide for primary care clinicians seeking to incorporate lifestylesss medicine (LM) principles into their practice. Edited by Ron Stout, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACLM; Dan Reichert, MD, FAAFP; and Rebecca Kelly, PhD, MAE, RDN, FAND with series oversight from Jim Rippe, MD, this volume offers family physicians and primary care providers a roadmap to enabling lasting health improvements for their patients through whole person, behavior-based care. Covering over 27 chapters by leading experts in the field, the book delivers evidence-based LM interventions into actionable strategies for busy practices.

Each chapter provides practical, time-efficient approaches to implementing LM in real-world settings. Emphasizing core principles like patient history, screening tools, and lab testing, this guide focuses on streamlining workflows and facilitating behavior change through team-based approaches. For practices not in integrated care models, the book outlines effective methods for collaborating with external resources, including behavioral health specialists, dietitians, social workers, and pharmacists.

Readers will find valuable insights on maximizing reimbursement for LM services, from direct virtual visits to shared medical appointments, with examples from successful best-practice models. The book also includes considerations for reimbursement strategies and policy elements that enhance LM integration. Special chapters cover innovative practice models, offering practical examples of how to navigate reimbursement for lifestylesss medicine.

A volume in the Lifestylesss Medicine series, this resource goes beyond theory, giving primary care providers the tools to foster sustainable lifestylesss changes that support patient health and resilience. With its pragmatic approach, Lifestylesss Medicine and the Primary Care Provider: A Practical Guide to Enabling Whole Person Care serves as an essential companion for clinicians dedicated to transforming primary care with whole-health solutions that meet the demands of modern practice.

Section One: Lifestylesss Medicine

Section Leader – Ron Stout

1.       Lifestylesss Medicine in Primary Care

Ron Stout Micaela Karlsen

2.       Whole Person Care: Enhancing the Delivery of Lifestylesss Medicine

Wayne Jonas, Ron Stout

3.       Inflammation and Chronic Disease

Mike Parkinson

Section Two: Primary Care and the Pillars of Lifestylesss Medicine

Section Leader - Micaela Karlsen

4.       Lifestylesss Medicine PIllar 1 - Whole Food, Plant-Predominant Nutrition

Rebecca Kelly, Kayli Anderson

5.       Lifestylesss Medicine PIllar 2 - Physical Activity

Jonathan Bonnet, Andrew Mock, Jeff Young, Thomas Hammett

6.       Lifestylesss Medicine Pillar 3 - Restorative Sleep

Rebecca Robbins, Stuart Quan

7.       Lifestylesss Medicine PIllar 4 - Stress Management

Liz Lincoln, Stephanie Pintas, Katherine Engels

8.       Lifestylesss Medicine PIllar 5 - Beyond Avoidance of Risky Substances: The Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention of Substance Use Disorders

Lori Karan, Waseem Khader, Mitika Kanabar

9.       Lifestylesss Medicine PIllar 6 - Social Connections and Positive Activities

Liana Lianov

Section Three: Facilitating and Sustaining Health Behavior Change

Section Leader - Beth Frates

10.   Facilitating Health Behavior Change

Simon Matthews, Steven Mauro, Jamie Johnson, Neeta Agarwal, Beth Frates

11.   Sustaining Behavior Change

Irena Matanovic, Steven Mauro, Rachel Millstein, MIchelle Dalal, Beth Frates

Section Four: Lifestylesss Medicine: Prevention, Treatment & Reversal of Chronic Disease

Section Leader - Meagan Grega

12.   LM Disease-Specific Applications – Diabetes

Margarete Collins; Rosemarie Florian, Kevin Codorniz, Scott Lee

13.   LM Disease-Specific Applications – Obesity

Lydia Alexander, Rebecca Kelly

14.   LM Disease-Specific Applications - Cardiovascular Disease

Meagan L. Grega

15.   LM Disease-Specific Applications – Cancer

Amber Orman, Meghana Reddy, Gautam Krishna Koipallil

16.   LM Disease-Specific Applications - Mental Health. Depression and Anxiety

Steve Sugden; Gia Merlo

Section Five: Lifestylesss Medicine Across the Life Cycle

Section Leader – Ron Stout

17.   Lifestylesss Medicine in the Life Cycle – Maternal Child Health

Kristi VanWinden, Nancy Eriksen

18.   Lifestylesss Medicine in the Life Cycle - Youth

Blakely Amati, Erin Brackbill, Michelle Loy, Reshma Shah

19.   Lifestylesss Medicine in the Life Cycle – Older Adults

Kelly Freeman, Kamal Wagle, Cristina Davis

Section Six: Creating a Sustainable Lifestylesss Medicine Practice

Section Leader - Padmaja Patel & Dan Reichert

20.   Integrating LM into a Primary Care Practice

Kaitlyn Pauly; Tyler Hemmingson

21.   Lifestylesss Medicine Primary Care Practice Models: Fee-For-Service, Direct Primary Care, Concierge, and Shared Medical Appointments

Jacob Mirsky; Aruna Nathan; Amy Mechley; Margarete Ezinwa; Mary Dubisz

22.   Lifestylesss Medicine Practice Models: Collaborative, Holistic and Intensive

Katharina Hill; Columbus Batiste; Padmaja Patel

23.   Lifestylesss Medicine Practice Model: Value Based Care

Karen Johnson; Dave Donohue; Alka Gupta

Section Seven: Lifestylesss Medicines Future: Education, Policy, Equity & Resources

Section Leader – Ron Stout

24.   Lifestylesss Medicine Education and Training for the Primary Care Provider

Brenda Rea; Christina Miller; Mai-Linh Tran

25.   Lifestylesss Medicine, Policy, and Health Equity

Dexter Shurney; Virginia Gurley

26.   See, Do, Teach: Patient and Provider Well-Being

Daniel Reichert; Margarete Ezinwa

27.   Lifestylesss Medicine Resources & Tools

Rebecca Kelly; Janet Calhoun