Lifestyle Medicine in the Midst of a Pandemic.
| Autor: | Friedman SM; Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York., Barnett CH; Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute, Rochester, New York., Barnett TD; Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute, Rochester, New York. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of lifestyle medicine [Am J Lifestyle Med] 2020 Sep 17; Vol. 16 (2), pp. 164-167. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 17 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1559827620957272 |
| Abstrakt: | Patients with chronic conditions are at higher risk of complications and mortality if they get COVID-19. Approximately half of American adults have at least 1 condition that increases their risk of complications if they become infected. The medical and public health communities need to send a clear message about the impact of lifestyle on health, particularly in the time of this pandemic. We need to communicate with patients and the public, to let them know how rapidly major lifestyle changes can improve health. This communication is urgent; the timeline for self-care and lifestyle medicine interventions has been telescoped, so that chronic diseases are now acute risk factors. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Both Susan Friedman and Ted Barnett practice Lifestyle Medicine. All 3 authors are board members of Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute, a non-profit organization with a mission to “transform the community and the practice of medicine by empowering patients to take control of their health.” (© 2020 The Author(s).) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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