“Obesity should be seen like type II drowning” - we don’t associate blame with patients for drowning, risk prevention focuses on environment and skills training (fences, lifeguards) and relies on VALID risk warnings (coastal warning) Lifestyle Medicine #lifestyle #medicine

Health coaching for #lifestylemedicine and #behaviour #change Shivaun Conn and Simon Rosenbaum taking us through a practical workshop at the Lifestyle Medicine conference #health #mentalhealth #physicalhealth

“Regardless of specific diagnosis, mental illness is associated with 1.4-2x higher risk of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease” Lifestyle Medicine Simon Rosenbaum

Fantastic session by Shivaun Shivaun Conn on the #coaching approach to #exercise and #nutrition #prescription Lifestyle Medicine #health #healthy #medicine #lifestyle

“Low fat advice can actually be really good for our health... but it’s not being done in the way it was intended!” Excellent talk looking at several aspects of #diet wars by @joannanutrition and Dr. David L. Katz Lifestyle Medicine #lifestyle #medicine

This time of year can bring challenges to our bodies - the colder weather, greater prevalence of common illnesses & reduced exposure to #sunlight could all leave us feeling unwell or unhappy. GP @JohnSykes_6 explains there are things we can do to help: bit.ly/happy-healthy-…

Great to see the American College of Lifestyle Medicine #LifestyleMed2019 getting into full swing & to be representing the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, the leading #British voice of #lifestylemedicine, and work with our #global partners Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance and European colleagues and friends to build a European voice.

Delighted to be a part of this conference! Looking forward to hearing all the excellent talks on offer... let’s go! #lifestyle #lifestylemedicine

Hi 👋🏻 not been here for a while. Re opening of the account to chat #lifestylemedicine #physicalactivity #GP #mentalhealth and other topics I am passionate about #NewProfilePic

"Bicycles, they say, are the new toilet paper." "It is an opportunity ... we must take some steps to make sure people keep riding, keep healthy and keep active." #COVID2019 and active transport; time to get into gear! abc.net.au/news/2020-05-1… #auspol #cycling VicHealth

"At the moment we have a sickness model - it needs to be replaced by a wellness model" - Dr Glen Davies Lifestyle Medicine #LifestyleMedicineSummit

“FOCUS on the HABIT, not the OUTCOME” A fundamental concept when we consider our methods in assisting patients to change behaviour #lifestyle #medicine Lifestyle Medicine British Society of Lifestyle Medicine Morning thoughts while on my run in this lovely place #Bondi #Sydney #Australia

“Live the healthiest life you can ENJOY, NOT the healthiest life you can TOLERATE” Yoni Freedhoff🎗️🤟 This will be different for every individual and will change depending on stage in life. Getting my morning walk in before a busy day in the surgery. #lifestyle #medicine

“Don’t give in to stigma. A diagnosis does not determine who you are or what you can do!” Important reminder to battle the stigma #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #mentalhealth A cheeky visit to my place of calm on my morning run today #rosebay

#BSLM2021 Professor Hotamisligil talking about how inflammation has been found to be key in the link between obesity and Type-2 diabetes; inflammation stops insulin from working British Society of Lifestyle Medicine

Gökhan Hotamışlıgil showing the breadth and depth of evidence linking inflammation and chronic disease. The take home is that hard science supports what we do day to day in Lifestyle Medicine #BSLM2021 British Society of Lifestyle Medicine

Fantastic talk by Sarah Sarah Ruane on how we develop a “movement for movement” to increase physical activity by strengthening the connection to better #health and reduce #inequality British Society of Lifestyle Medicine #BSLM2021

An incredibly important message from Dr. Nilesh Satguru on the spread of kindness to others and self compassion being the key to this spread of kindness and to our clinical practice British Society of Lifestyle Medicine #BSLM2021

An incredible conference full of #inspiration, learning and networking British Society of Lifestyle Medicine #BSLM2021 Excited to formalised ideas and plans to place #lifestyle #medicine into practice in my NHS GP practice. Exciting times ahead!

Can we not all agree that all children deserve a fair chance?