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Southwestern Adventist University Breaks Ground for AIH Supported Recreational Complex
AIH helped to fund this new Recreation Complex project at Southwestern Adventist University.

The Biology of Veganism: Plasma Metabolomics Analysis Reveals Distinct Profiles of Vegans and Non-Vegetarians in the Adventist Health Study-2 Cohort
Study “results suggest that multiple potentially bioactive metabolites are increased by consumption of plant-based foods, and may lower the risk of metabolic diseases through anti-inflammatory mechanisms.”

Rationale and Design of the Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative: A 12-month Culinary-Based Lifestyle Program
The International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention published a paper featuring the Ardmore Institute of Health supported Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative, a 12-month Culinary-Based Lifestyle Program.

Development of Culinary and Self-Care Programs in Diverse Settings: Theoretical Considerations and Available Evidence
Ardmore Institute of Health helped to fund the Emory Healthy Kitchen collaborative to promote learnings around teaching kitchens and lifestyle medicine. This article in Analytic Review provides a qualitative summary of the evidence-informed development of the project.

Building Health Equity: Action Steps From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Health Disparities Solutions Summit (HDSS) 2020
This paper provides background on the realities of health disparities in the United States, introduces the entrance point of lifestyle medicine (LM) practice in the struggle for health equity, and summarizes Summit proceedings and recommended action steps.

Now Showing: PlantWise - An Inspirational Film that Offers Hope for Better Health
Witness the Transformative Power of a Plant-Based Diet in PlantWise – a documentary film sponsored in part by Ardmore Institute of Health in partnership with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Eating You Alive, and AdventHealth.

Plant-based dietary intake moderates adverse childhood experiences associated with early mortality in an older adventist cohort
A study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research indicates plant-based dietary intake moderates adverse childhood experiences associated with early mortality.

Undergraduate Medical Education: Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum Implementation Standards
Ardmore Institute of Health supports these curriculum standards for undergraduate medical education.

Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative Thrives in New Virtual Delivery
Ardmore Institute of Health grants contributed to the Emory Healthy Kitchen projects including the latest phase to deliver the program virtually. Read more about them in the following news release from Emory.

Culinary Medicine Lab For Southern Adventist University Nursing Students
Ardmore Institute of Health provided a grant to support Southern Adventist University’s initiative to test a Culinary Medicine Lab curriculum.

How Occupational Therapy Can Deliver Lifestyle Medicine
The American Academy of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) worked with Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) to develop a new brochure highlighting how Occupational Therapy and Lifestyle Medicine work together.

AAFP Promotes New Tools to Guide Lifestyle Medicine Integration for Family Physicians
Lifestyle Medicine Materials for physicians created by the American Academy of Family Physicians and funded by Ardmore Institute of Health are available to download from the AAFP website.

American Academy of Family Physicians Releases Lifestyle Medicine Implementation Guide
The American Academy of Family Physicians created an implementation guide to aid physicians in incorporating the principles of Lifestyle Medicine into their practices.

Medical Education Transformation: Lifestyle Medicine in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education, Fellowship, and Continuing Medical Education
Read an update on the progress in this recent article in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.

Keck Graduate Institute is Developing an Occupational Therapy Curriculum that Integrates Principles of Lifestyle Medicine
Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) to create an Occupational Therapy curriculum that integrates principles of Lifestyle Medicine in support of the launch of KGI’s developing Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program.

Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Education in a New Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program
A new residency program in Mississippi is implementing American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum. The curriculum is funded in part by Ardmore Institute of Health.

Jumpstarting Health With a 15-Day Whole-Food Plant-Based Program
A 15-day jumpstart nutrition program published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine was funded in part by Ardmore Institute of Health.

Full Plate Living Program with Emotional Wellbeing Sections
A Latino focused community health care led program modified by Loma Linda University grant recipient based off of the Full Plate Living group program.

Strategic Roadmap for Integrating Lifestyle and Preventive Medicine into Undergraduate Medical Education
A recent initiative led by ACPM, supported by ACLM leaders and underwritten by the Ardmore Institute of Health identified target areas, outlined actionable recommendations and developed strategies to achieve successful integration of lifestyle and preventive medicine contents into Undergraduate Medical Education (UME).

Watch to See the Impact of the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum
Watch as Drs. Brenda Rea, Andrew Mock, and Renae Thomas explain how a new generation of physicians are using the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum (LMRC) within Loma Linda University's residency programs.