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Why a Healthy Lifestyle matters!
- More energy
- Reduced risk of anxiety and depression
- Lower blood pressure
- Helps with weight loss
- Improves our immune system
- Reduces risk/severity of heart disease
- Improves memory, lowers dementia risk
What do we mean by lifestyle medicine?
- Evidence-based clinical care
- Support people to prevent, manage and even reverse chronic conditions
- Through supported behaviour and lifestyle changes
Learn more about this on the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine website
The Six "Pillars" of Lifestyle Medicine
1. Nutrition
2. Exercise
3. Tobacco and Alcohol
4. Stress Management
5. Sleep
6. Healthy Relationships
The impact of chronic disease
- Most disease in the 21st century is chronic and not related to infections (which is what used to kill us)
- World Health Organisation statistics - 74% of all premature (early) deaths globally are due to “chronic disease”
- The main four chronic diseases are cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and long term respiratory disease
- Risk is mostly down to your environment and lifestyle rather than genetics
- Lifestyle changes are proven to reduce the risk of chronic disease and allow us to age well
How to get help?
- One You Kent - lifestyle advisors - self-referral using this link for the form or phone 0300 123 1220
- Ask to see the practice “social prescriber” for help with activities and groups to improve mental wellbeing and get involved in your local community
- Make an action plan with your nurse in clinic, or with your GP
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