Announcing LM2020!
Early bird registrations are available until 15 March 2020 for Lifestyle Medicine 2020 to be held 15-17 May 2020 in Melbourne! Featuring special guest presenter Dr Michael Mosley (science presenter, journalist, executive producer and internationally bestselling author), this blockbuster conference will feature three main streams (Cognition, Inflammation and Cardiometabolic) along with numerous workshops and experiential sessions.
Be part of a bigger change
The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) is an interdisciplinary society of health professionals working towards improved prevention, management, and treatment of chronic, complex and lifestyle-related conditions. ‘Lifestyle-related’ includes environmental, societal, behavioural and other factors. Lifestyle Medicine is a rapidly growing discipline with numerous colleges and societies around the world and many more countries starting up.
ASLM members include GPs and medical specialists, allied health practitioners, public health professionals, health service delivery personnel, educators, scientists and researchers. In practical terms, Lifestyle Medicine involves a range of professionals working together to address physical inactivity, poor diet or nutrition, smoking, alcohol overconsumption, chronic stress, anxiety, poor or inadequate sleep, social isolation, loss of culture and identity, and other influences of society and environment.
Importantly, Lifestyle Medicine is both a scientific discipline, and a movement for change. We advocate for innovation in clinical practice and in prevention, in particular addressing the drivers of chronic disease and health inequity. Areas of focus include the reversibility of early stage type 2 diabetes, weight loss and weight management, nutrition and physical activity for mental health, reducing stress and improving sleep, and technology and innovation, such as Shared Medical Appointments as a practice innovation.
Be part of a bigger change and join the Lifestyle Medicine movement. You’ll feel at home in our energetic, resourceful and creative multidisciplinary society.
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Certification & Fellowship
Turn your passion for Lifestyle Medicine into practice with Board Certification and Fellowship.
Demonstrate your competency in Lifestyle Medicine with internationally-standardised Board Certification and/or have your expertise in Lifestyle Medicine recognised with the ASLM Fellowship, open to all full members of the Society, including doctors, allied and public health professionals.
Visit our Education Pathways page to find out more.
Featured articles
Reinventing the wheel for chronic disease management
Move more, eat less. We have all heard it before. These health messages have been widely propagated but have [...]
What is Lifestyle Medicine? [The GP Show]
The GP Show is a free, innovative podcast for medical doctors and allied health professionals, launched in August 2017 [...]
‘Eat whole foods, mostly plant-based’: What does this actually mean?
This simple, yet effective mantra is derived from Michael Pollan’s best-selling book In Defence of Food1 (the original quote [...]
Client-centred practice and health efficacy
Being client-centred means the health practitioner views the client as a whole person who has beliefs, values, relationships and [...]
Shared Medical Appointments
Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs), also called ‘Group Visits’, are a revolutionary way of managing chronic disease in primary care. They are “A series of consecutive individual medical consultations in a supportive group setting where all can listen, interact, and learn.”
SMAs involve a doctor, a facilitator (usually an allied health professional) who directs the 60 to 90 minute session and manages group dynamics, and 6 to 12 appropriately matched patients. If you’re frustrated with the limitations of 1:1 consulting, SMAs are for you – and for your patients.
Brain & Biome
Free-to-access recordings
Featuring Dr Joanna McMillan, as seen on ABC Catalyst’s ‘Gut Revolution’, Brain & Biome presented new insight and opportunities to treat, modify and prevent physiological and psychological decline and dysfunction. The evening featured leading presenters in Nutritional Psychiatry, Microbiology, Clinical Psychology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, and Faecal Microbiota Transplantation.
NGO of the Year
ASLM named NGO of the Year at Prime Awards
In recognition of excellence in improving the health of Australians, ASLM was awarded NGO of the Year at the 2018 PRIME Awards. The purpose of the NGO of the Year award is “to recognise the huge contribution that non-government organisations (NGOs) make to the quality of Australian healthcare” with a key criteria being “to improve the lives of Australian patients”.
ASLM partners with the Wilson Foundation
To deliver evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine guidelines for mental health and chronic disease
The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) is delighted to announce a partnership with the Wilson Foundation. Mental illness is an increasing major public health concern. The General Practice: Health of the Nation Report 2018, found that mental health issues remain the most common single reason patients visit their GP and account for 12% of the total disease burden in Australia, third after cancer and cardiovascular diseases…
Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine bridges the gap between health promotion and clinical practice with a multidisciplinary, whole system approach. As a discipline, Lifestyle Medicine sits at the intersection of medicine, healthcare and health policy addressing the behavioural, social, environmental, socioeconomic, political and other factors impacting on health and wellbeing.
About ASLM
ASLM advocates for Lifestyle Medicine and provides education, training and professional development for doctors, allied health practitioners, public health professionals, researchers and educators in Lifestyle Medicine. Similarly, ASLM has a mission to educate and inform members of the public how to prevent and better manage and treat chronic and lifestyle-related conditions.
Become a member
We warmly invite you to be part of an energetic, resourceful and creative multidisciplinary society advancing Lifestyle Medicine. Get access to the latest information and resources, and participate in an active, supportive community of health professionals focused on improving the health and wellbeing of Australians and New Zealanders.
Online workshops
Performance coaching in clinical practice workshop – creating an impact in every consultation
Designed for GPs, practice nurses, allied health practitioners and other practice personnel Learn how to maximise your time and [...]
Shared Medical Appointments (SMA) workshop for practitioners and facilitators
A quantum leap forward in chronic disease management and treatment Learn how to conduct Shared Medical Appointments and optionally, [...]
Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine
(Preventing, managing and reversing chronic disease in professional practice) The first in a series of one-day and online workshops [...]
Organisations we work with
The latest
Ten small things you can do to reduce your risk of stress-related illness from work
Is work making you sick? Are you tired of feeling tired, irritable or worried about how much longer you can [...]
The Game Changers – Does it change anything?
[Editor's note]. Thank you to nutrition scientist Dr Joanna McMillan PhD for this detailed response to The Game Changers, [...]
Self blood glucose monitoring and patient engagement
In July 2016 the Australian government brought in changes to the NDSS, restricting subsidised supply of blood glucose test [...]
Dr David Katz on the truth about food
The ANZOS-ASLM-ICCR 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting, held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney 16-18 October 2019, showcased a [...]