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Discount code 20% discount: lifestyle20
Please note: This promotion is valid until February 5, 2025
Includes the latest 2025 Lancet guidelines for obesity and diabetes
The latest guidelines for obesity and diabetes, presented by the Lancet in early 2025, mark a major shift in the way we diagnose and approach these health conditions. These guidelines advocate moving away from the traditional focus on Body Mass Index (BMI) as a sole measure and emphasize the importance of measuring body composition, an approach advocated and practiced by the authors of the Handbook of Lifestyle Medicine since 2016.
The power of lifestyle in healthcare
According to the most recent insights, responsible lifestyle interventions can reduce our medical consumption by 70-80%. An attractive prospect for both the (future) patient, healthcare and the government. But how do you tackle this?
The Handbook of Lifestyle Medicine is the first Dutch-language handbook with an up-to-date overview of the state of affairs in the field of lifestyle medicine. It is based on the most recent scientific findings in the field of behavioural change, nutrition and exercise and, as the only handbook, goes deeply into the shift from weight and BMMI to the importance of measuring body composition.
In addition to a description of the theoretical and scientific insights, this manual also contains chapters on the concrete implementation of how Combined Lifestyle Interventions (GLI) can be designed, the state-of-the-art lifestyle intervention GLI-TOTAL, and also guidelines for the desired approach to GLI in the Netherlands, through the division of lifestyle medicine into 4 GLI levels.
The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook is aimed at healthcare providers, health insurers, policy makers in the Dutch healthcare system as well as other government agencies that want to work on improving the general health situation of the Dutch population and that consider disease prevention to be a top priority.
The book offers an inspiring basis for doctors, lifestyle coaches, therapists, psychologists and others who want to gain knowledge about Lifestyle Medicine. In addition, it is useful for people in policy functions, education and for scientific research in the field of Lifestyle Medicine.
The international orientation of the authors in the field of lifestyle medicine means that this manual occupies a pioneering position (also internationally).
• Guidelines and practical tools for your clinic
• Effective communication techniques
• Effective strategies for weight and diabetes management
• Inspiring patient success stories
• Detailed nutritional plan
