What is lifestyle medicine and how can it help patients?

<p>Emma speaks to Dr Ellen Fallows a GP in Northamptonshire and vice president of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine about what lifestyle medicine is and how it can help GPs to improve patient outcomes.</p><br><p>During this conversation Ellen explains how GPs can make use of lifestyle medicine in a 10-minute consultation, some of the evidence that supports the use of this approach to help improve outcomes for patients and how lifestyle medicine can help GPs tackle health inequalities.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bslm.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">British Society of Lifestyle Medicine</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/viewpoint-lifestyle-medicine-help-gps-tackle-health-inequalities/article/1736364" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How lifestyle medicine can help GPs tackle health inequalities</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.directclinicaltrial.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diabetes DIRECT trial</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://foodandmoodcentre.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Food Mood Centre in Australia</a>, Ellen mentions some research coming out from here during the interview</p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>