Description
Book SynopsisLifestyle change is universally recommended for patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic disease, yet, the majority of clinical practice, educational programs, and clinical trials within these chronic disease spaces focus on medication use and procedures, with insufficient emphasis on lifestyle medicine. The concept of lifestyle medicine can serve as a countermeasure, acting through aspects of personal choice, natural and built environments, cultural traditions, and socioeconomic influences that affect the metabolic health of an individual. Integrating Lifestyle Medicine for Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiometabolic Disease provides clinical evidence for and a mechanistic understanding of the six pillars of lifestyle medicine. It guides the reader to identify opportunities for early intervention rather than focus on the diagnosis and treatment of the established disease. Interventions at earlier points have the potential to mitigate progression, prev
Table of Contents
Chapters
1. Epidemiology, Drivers, Public Health Challenges of Prediabetes, Diabetes and Cardiometabolic disease
2. The Evolutionary Biology and Human History of Cardiometabolic Disease
3. The role of cardiac energetics in Cardiometabolic-Based Chronic Disease
4. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
5. The Primordial Prevention of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors using Lifestyle Medicine - Implementing Early Childhood Health Promotion
6. Primary Prevention of Type 2 diabetes and Cardiometabolic-Based Chronic Disease Using Lifestyle Medicine
7. Secondary Prevention Example: Using Lifestyle Medicine in Patients with T2D
8. Tertiary Prevention using Lifestyle Medicine for Cardiometabolic-Based Chronic Disease
9. The Mediterranean Diet
10. Vegan Diets for Diabetes Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Risk
11. Physical Activity
12. Psychological Stress, Behavioral Modification and Cardiometabolic Health
13. Sleep Hygiene
14. Transculturalizing Lifestyle Medicine for Managing Cardiometabolic-Based Chronic Disease (adjusted)
15. Socioeconomics and Infrastructure
16. Synthesis and Core Recommendations for the use of Lifestyle Medicine to Reduce Dysglycemia and Cardiometabolic Risk
