Our chairman Rob Lawson's take on the #Marmotreview 10 years on ... ow.ly/ce7d50yxwyy Are we in danger of creating a false dichotomy between individual lifestyle and the social determinants of ill health?

Join our Manchester group at Ziferblat in the city centre this Weds at 7pm for a regional BSLM meet up. PHE's Emma Pimlott will be giving a talk on the benefits of exercise + lots more #lifestylemedicine discussion + networking.

We’ve taken the difficult decision to cancel our planned annual conference in London this June due to the coronavirus outbreak. We are instead planning to host a virtual #lifestylmedicine conference. Full statement on our website: bslm.org.uk/post/conferenc…

With lifestyle medicine's focus on non communicable disease, what relevance does it have during a communicable disease pandemic? It has a part to play in helping us through the crisis argues BSLM Chairman Rob Lawson: ow.ly/5BWU50ySmPL

Nuffield Health News STAMINA In case you missed it ... BBC Inside Out has featured an item on the STAMINA trial in Sheffield. The unique study looked at the impact of a supported exercise programme on prostate cancer patients: Worth a watch: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Great media coverage this week for #lifestylemedicine including input from our chairman Rob Lawson and BSLM member shireen kassam ... mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/heal…

How can group consultations help us to provide continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions during #covid19? Join us for a free webinar next Thursday👇 ow.ly/HBQi50z4Fzl #lifestylemedicine #groupconsultations

All the resources from our virtual group consultations webinar are now available at 👇 bslm.org.uk/vgc/ #groupconsultations #lifestylemedicine #covid19

Register now for our second free webinar on virtual group consultations👇 ow.ly/cAav50znc5g How can we deliver continuity of care during #covid-19? Join us on April 30 to find out. American College of Lifestyle Medicine Lifestyle Medicine Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance

#HealthyAgeing2020 ⁦Oxford Brookes University⁩ Great positive points about ageing and how we can do so healthily ⁦British Society of Lifestyle Medicine⁩ ⁦Royal College of General Practitioners⁩ ⁦GPs with Interest in Nutrition & Lifestyle Group⁩

Are you a health professional based in Europe interested in lifestyle medicine?👉Are you considering building lifestyle medicine movement in your country? Join our first ELMC open meeting: bit.ly/3eQ4BDa Rob Lawson British Society of Lifestyle Medicine Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance Alicja Baska

#socialprescribing has provided critical support to people during the pandemic and is a powerful way to improve health and wellbeing says British Society of Lifestyle Medicine social prescribing director Dr Alex Maxwell ... #socialprescribingday #lifestylemedicine The National Academy for Social Prescribing

1/8 Read our response to the recent analysis of the #lifestylemedicine movement in The British Journal of General Practice from BSLM learning academy director Dr Ellen Fallows … bslm.org.uk/critical-and-e… …

2/8 BSLM welcomes aspects of the authors’ analysis including the highlighting of some of the key drivers of non communicable disease including smoking, alcohol, poor diet and physical activity …

3/8 The article supports many of the key aims of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine including the need for a “translation of guidelines into achievable real-world benefits outside clinical trials” …

4/8 The lack of an evidence base, uncritical endorsement and the infiltration of pseudoscience are things we should all be on our guard against - across medical practice in general, not just in lifestyle medicine …

5/8 BSLM was founded specifically to address concerns around the evidence base for lifestyle medicine and to ensure consistent quality standards in its practice. The establishment of our Learning Academy will be a key part these efforts …

6/8 The international lifestyle medicine community recognises the challenge of addressing health inequalities - and the reality that those facing socio-economic disadvantage find it much harder to make changes to their lifestyle …

7/8 BSLM seeks to build a movement which focuses on creating, delivering, and researching better interventions and more intensive support for those who need it most …

8/8 For an excellent summary of BSLM’s approach to the issue of health equity watch this short clip featuring BSLM chairman and founder Dr Rob Lawson …