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Basics of Lifestyle Medicine

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Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-EOA-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

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Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 20

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: GYTK

Topic

Lifestyle-related diseases are the leading cause of mortality in the modern world. Changing unhealthy behaviors is foundational to health promotion, disease prevention, and medical care. During the course we discuss the powerful effects of healthy lifestyle, the basic recommendations, evidence-based practices which may extend lives and may allow people to live longer, in better health.

Lectures

  • 1. Basics of lifestyle medicine, scientific background I. - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 2. Basics of lifestyle medicine, scientific background II. - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 3. How to evoke behavior change? - a critical component in lifestyle medicine - Balogh Erika
  • 4. Communication techniques, "Coach Approach" - Balogh Erika
  • 5. Value of physical activity - Balogh Erika
  • 6. Evidence-based guidelines for physical activity - Balogh Erika
  • 7. Value of healthy nutrition. Can diet prevent, treat, and reverse disease? - Balogh Erika
  • 8. Overview of nutritional guidelines - Balogh Erika
  • 9. Smoking, Alcohol - Ways to Address Addictive Behaviors - Balogh Erika
  • 10. Stress, Resilience - Balogh Erika
  • 11. Sleep and its effect on health and well-being - Balogh Erika
  • 12. The power of social connections - Balogh Erika

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Materials uploaded to Neptun

Notes

Recommended literature

Kushner RF, Sorensen KW. Lifestyle medicine: the future of chronic disease management. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2013 Oct;20(5):389-95. doi: 10.1097/01.med.0000433056.76699.5d.

Egger G, Binns A, Rossner S. Chapter 1 Introduction to lifestyle medicine. In: Egger G, Binns A, Rossner S.Lifestyle Medicine: Managing Diseases of Lifestyle in the 21st Century. 2nd ed. North Ryde, Australia: McGraw-Hill; 2010:1–10.

Trilk J, Nelson L, Briggs A, Muscato D. Including Lifestyle Medicine in Medical Education: Rationale for American College of Preventive Medicine/American Medical Association Resolution 959. Am J Prev Med. 2019 May;56(5):e169-e175. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.10.034.

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

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Mid-term exams

Active participation at classes. Written test at the end of the course.

Making up for missed classes

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Exam topics/questions

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Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk