Tools and Resources
General Resource
Walk with a Doc: Inspiring Communities through Movement and Conversation. “With an aim to make health and happiness accessible to everyone, Walk with a Doc offers free walking programs in communities around the world led by local doctors, healthcare providers, or medical students. These ongoing events allow participants to safely walk, learn about current health topics, and meet new people.”
Learn more about starting a Walk With a Doc program in your community.
PRESCRIBE THE MAGIC PILL! The Magic Pill focuses on the fun and pleasure of physical activity, and offers listeners a “daily dose of get-up-and-go” in under 10 minutes. The full series exists online, but it’s designed to be delivered as a daily email for 21 days, to add a gentle in-box push every day. Co-hosts Dr. Eddie Phillips of Harvard Medical School and Carey Goldberg of WBUR’s CommonHealth provide the physical activity challenge that can be used by anyone and is an especially helpful tool for healthcare professionals when working with patients and clients. The Magic Pill Exercise Podcast received the Edward R. Murrow Excellence in Innovation Broadcasting Award!
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Institute of Lifestyle Medicine CHEF Coaching Program.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Engages with Students & Faculty of Harvard Medical School Topic: “Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change” May 10, 2021
The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) invites you to watch His Holiness the Dalai Lama engage with students & faculty of Harvard Medical School on the topic “Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change” online from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India. The event was organized by ILM, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, & Harvard Medical School. The video was recorded on May 10, and first broadcast as a class at Harvard. Enjoy.
The True Health Initiative is a coalition of world-renowned health experts committed to cutting through the noise and educating on only the time-honored, proven principles about lifestyle as medicine.
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The Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance represents the convergence of lifestyle medicine professional associations from around the world, uniting under one banner for the purpose of collaboration, shared knowledge, and best practices, and to more compellingly convey the power of the lifestyle medicine story—a story of health, hope, and healing for one and all. Lifestyle medicine leaders of all nations are working together to decrease the global pandemic of non-communicable disease.
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The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM) is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly resource for practitioners seeking to incorporate lifestyle practices into clinical medicine. AJLM provides commentaries and research reviews on nutrition and diet, cardiovascular disease, obesity, anxiety and depression, sleep problems, metabolic disease, and more.
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The Medical Fitness Association (MFA) is a non-profit professional membership association and is the only organization dedicated to the medical fitness difference and integrated care as the prescription for better health. MFA serves facilities and professionals who are committed to promoting the benefits of health and fitness programs on lifestyle-related disease and making medical fitness programs and services available within their community.
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Tips and Tools
Culinary Tips and Tools
Stress Management and Relaxation Tools (courtesy of the Benson-Henry
Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital)
- Stress Warning Signals Checklist
- Eliciting The Relaxation Response
- Mini Relaxation Exercises
- 38 Stress Busters
- 10 Simple Ways You Can Practice Mindfulness Each Day
Coaching Tools
- Wellness Coaching Certificates – Resource Guide
- Assessing Client-Patient Stage Of Change
- Assessing Importance Questionnaire
- Assessing Confidence Questionnaire
- Goals Development Worksheet
- Weekly Planner
- Physician-Health Coach Collaboration–A Symbiotic Relationship References
- Physician-Health Coach Collaboration–A Symbiotic Relationship Books
- ILM Practice Coaching Session
- Physicians And Wellness Coaches
Nutrition and Weight Management Tools
- WAVE Assessment And Recommendations
- Healthy Eating Pyramid
- Powerful Plate
- Resources–Nutrition And Weight Management
Physical Activity Tools
- Exercise Intensity
- MET Values
- Physical Activity Vital Sign
- Physical Activity Examples
- Physical Activity Guidelines
- Physical Activity Toolkit
- Measuring Physical Activity Intensity
- Implementing Physical Activity Strategies
Developed through a partnership with the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance and the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, Implementing Physical Activity Strategies profiles 42 physical activity programs that are helping people adopt more active and healthy lifestyles. The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine is profiled in the Healthcare section of the publication and includes topics on: introducing the concept of lifestyle medicine; forming the right partnerships; working together; and, think outside the box. - Webinar: “Defining the Role and Value of the Well-Qualified Health and Fitness Professional to the Healthcare Team”
Sponsored by the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
Guest speakers Dr. Edward Phillips, Director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, and Lisa Coors, owner of Coors Core Fitness, contributed their expertise on the role and value of the well-qualified health and fitness professional to the healthcare team, especially with the backdrop of implementation of the Affordable Care Act and increasing emphasis on primary and secondary prevention.