Changing the Lifestyle Narrative: an NHS Plant-Based Lifestyle Programme
Changing the Lifestyle Narrative: an NHS Plant-Based Lifestyle Programme to Improve Patient and Planetary Health with Dr Jenny Corser and Dr Jane Kostelnik, GPs from the WholeLife team
This presentation will cover the elements of an NHS-provided lifestyle medicine course called WholeLife – why it is needed in the healthcare system, what its elements are, and the nutritional science behind the lifestyle education it delivers. It also shares the process the WholeLife team underwent to commission and deliver the program to enable other professionals to consider how such a program could be delivered in their PCN areas.
CPD Accredited with 1 CPD Hour from the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and CME accredited for the Lifestyle Medicine 5 Year Maintenance of Certification.
Participants will learn about a program that delivers an educational and motivational lifestyle medicine package enabling individuals to change to a plant-based lifestyle in order to improve their long-term mental and physical health.
Learning Objectives
- Examine the impact of lifestyle factors on population health across the globe.
- Understand the value and impact of of Whole-Life – an NHS-provided educational and moti-vational lifestyle programme focusing on exer-cise, social connections and a whole-food plant-based diet.
- Learn how the programme was commissioned, how it is structured, and about the challenges and opportunities involved in embedding the programme into the local community. This will enable other health professionals to consider how such a programme could be delivered in their PCN areas.
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