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Transforming healthcare and levelling health inequalities through lifestyle medicine
BSLM is a community of healthcare professionals and patients, committed to a new approach to healthcare, based on the emerging discipline of lifestyle medicine.
The BSLM is an independent charity set up to promote the role of lifestyle medicine in improving people’s health and wellbeing. We empower healthcare professionals to support patients to prevent, manage and even reverse many chronic conditions through education and connection to our like-minded community.
Lifestyle Medicine is evidence-based, clinical care that supports behaviour change through person-centred techniques to improve mental wellbeing, social connection, healthy eating, physical activity, sleep and minimisation of harmful substances and behaviours.
It acknowledges the need for action on socio-economic determinants of health, provides education around the 6 key pillars as well proven techniques to sustain lifestyle changes.
We now have more than 3000 members focusing on multi-disciplinary teams including primary and secondary care clinicians, allied and public health professionals, scientists, educators, researchers and patients.
BSLM’s 3 Principles of Lifestyle Medicine
The Six Pillars Of Lifestyle Medicine
Learn the evidence behind the six key pillars that form the lifestyle medicine principles
Free Resources
Access a range of free lifestyle medicine evidence and resources, designed to equip you with key lifestyle medicine knowledge
#1Change
Improving our health and wellbeing through lifestyle medicine starts with #1change. Find out more about our campaign to think big by starting small.
Memberships
Whether you’re a healthcare professional, patient, student or member of the public, there is a membership option for everyone.
Learning Academy
Explore the range of world-class learning options available, ranging from comprehensive certifications to introductory courses.
BSLM 2025 Conference
Our flagship annual conference, featuring industry-leading insight on a range of topical and important areas within healthcare
Core Accreditation
An interactive, immersive programme which will provide learners with the attitudes and theoretical knowledge behind Lifestyle Medicine.
The Skills of Lifestyle Medicine
Find out about the different evidence-based techniques used to support behaviour change
Ensuring lifestyle medicine education gets to those that need it the most is critical, but education alone is not enough to create sustainable lifestyle changes. There are various skills that have proven to be successful in supporting patients in this regard.
Lifestyle medicine calls for a move away from the traditional doctor-patient relationship where the clinician is the expert information provider. This is needed because we now know that giving simple lifestyle advice such as “eat less and move more” is often ineffective1 2
To be effective in supporting lifestyle change, lifestyle medicine uses knowledge of behavioural science to work with patients. This way we can work with people and their values to support problem solving and equip them with skills to make the changes they want to make. Some of these techniques have been shown to be at least 80% more effective in supporting behaviour change than traditional advice giving 3
Our members include primary and secondary care clinicians, allied and public health professionals, scientists, educators, researchers and patients.
We’re united by a shared commitment to lifestyle medicine, as an effective, evidence-informed approach to preventing, managing and treating lifestyle-related chronic conditions.
We want to reframe healthcare to focus on the lifestyle factors which are the root cause of most chronic illnesses. We support positive behaviour change and improved public health education.
We also believe change is needed at the societal level – to address the ‘upstream’ causes of chronic, lifestyle-related disease such as deprivation, health inequality, social isolation and a lack of hope.
We are an independent, charitable organisation with no religious or political affiliations.
All our work is driven by science and informed by evidence.
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A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Children and Young People with Asthma
Join Dr Seb Gray (co-Lead of the BSLM Paediatric SIG) in exploring how Lifestyle Medicine can help young people (and adults!) with asthma
ELMC Online Symposium
Join us for the ELMC Symposium, a two half day symposium on the 16th and 17th of May. This is the first ever ELMC Symposium so make sure you get registered and tune in to both days to make sure you get the full benefit of our speakers and event! More news coming soon!
WLMO Symposium – Developing Lifestyle Medicine: World Perspectives
Join us for the WLMO Symposium, a two half day symposium on the 29th and 30th of May. This is the first ever WLMO Symposium so make sure you get registered and tune in to both days to make sure you get the full benefit of our speakers and event on Developing Lifestyle Medicine: World Perspectives! More news coming soon!
Partner Event – Lifestyle Medicine and Pain Workshop
Join the British Pain Society and unlock the future of pain management with lifestyle medicine using this transformative workshop for clinicians!
Lifestyle Medicine Podcasts
Explore the different Lifestyle Medicine podcasts available through BSLM