Happy Lifestyle Medicine Week 2023!
Join the School of Health Professions Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being in this week of celebrating healthy behaviors and raising awareness of our choices\\\’ impact on chronic disease.
From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, this week is a global celebration and awareness campaign on the six essential lifestyle pillars that optimize health.
These six pillars are:
🥑a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern
💪physical activity
😴restorative sleep
⭐️stress management
❌avoidance of risky substances and
🤝positive social connections
These pillars provide effective prevention for many chronic conditions!
This week, apply one positive lifestyle change to your daily life. Take a photo and send a few words describing the change you made to Alexandra.Garcia@unthsc.edu to be entered for a chance to win the grand prize gift bag!