Nursing and Lifestyle Medicine

Supporting Nurses Through Lifestyle Medicine

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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.

About Us

Lifestyle Medicine is evidence-based, clinical care that supports behaviour change through person-centered techniques to improve mental wellbeing, social connection, healthy eating, physical activity, sleep and minimisation of harmful substances and behaviours.

What is Lifestyle Medicine?


The Principles of Lifestyle Medicine

Acknowledge the Need for Action on Socioeconomic Determinants of Health

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Knowledge of “The Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine”

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Proven techniques to support people to sustain lifestyle changes

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The Six Pillars Of Lifestyle Medicine

Learn the evidence behind the six key pillars that form the lifestyle medicine principles

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Free Resources

Access a range of free lifestyle medicine evidence and resources, designed to equip you with key lifestyle medicine knowledge

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#1Change

Improving our health and wellbeing through lifestyle medicine starts with #1change. Find out more about our campaign to think big by starting small.

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Memberships

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, patient, student or member of the public, there is a membership option for everyone.

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Learning Academy

Explore the range of world-class learning options available, ranging from comprehensive certifications to introductory courses.

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BSLM 2024 Conference

Our flagship annual conference, featuring industry-leading insight on a range of topical and important areas within healthcare

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Core Accreditation

An interactive, immersive programme which will provide learners with the attitudes and theoretical knowledge behind Lifestyle Medicine.

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The Skills of Lifestyle Medicine

Find out about the different evidence-based techniques used to support behaviour change

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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.

What’s Going on at BSLM?


View the Latest BSLM Events:

10.00am, 14th Dec, 2023 - 12.30am, 14th Dec, 2023

Online Event

Swim England – Health & Wellbeing Learn and Share Network Event (Virtual)

BSLM Aligned Organisation Swim England will be hosting their next Health & Wellbeing Learn and Share Network Event (virtual) to be held on Thurs 14th December, 10 am -12.30 pm. This is aimed primarily at Water Wellbeing accredited pool operators across the Country who are working to be more accessible, inclusive and welcoming to people with long-term conditions. Please contact andrew.power@swimming.org if you would like to be sent an invite to the event.


4.00pm, 18th Jan, 2024 - 5.30pm, 18th Jan, 2024

Online Zoom Event

Greengross A4D Global Arts for Brain Health Changemakers Conversation – Rare Dementia’s

Hear how inspirational people use creativity and learning to override symptoms of a rare dementia, preserve and advance active life.


7.00pm, 18th Jan, 2024 - 8.00pm, 18th Jan, 2024

Online Zoom Webinar

PBHP Webinar – Plant-Based Diets, Mortality and Major Chronic Diseases

This presentation will focus on the importance of plant-based diet quality in the form of higher intakes of healthy plant foods and lower intakes of unhealthy plant foods to lower the risk of mortality and major chronic diseases.


10.00am, 27th Jan, 2024 - 4.00pm, 27th Jan, 2024

Glenister Lecture Theatre, Charing Cross Campus, Margravine Road, London, W6 8RP.

Imperial Nutritank Conference

Join us for a day packed with interactive talks and workshops from high-profile healthcare professionals in the field of nutrition, lifestyle medicine and the gut microbiome 🍎🧠 With a range of topics varying from mental health in elite athletes, personalising the idea of a western “healthy” food diet with cultural food preferences and the mechanisms of action of new weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, take the chance to discuss these important topics that can be used in future clinical practice! 🏏 🩺
Plus, we’ve got you covered with a FREE DELICIOUS LUNCH and certificates for all attendees to enhance your medical portfolio! 🥗📜


Lifestyle Medicine Podcasts

Explore the different Lifestyle Medicine podcasts available through BSLM

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