<unk>  is a branch of<unk>  focused on preventive healthcare and self-care dealing with research, prevention, and treatment of disorders caused by<unk>  factors and preventable causes of death such as nutrition, physical inactivity, chronic stress, and self-destructive behaviors including the consumption of tobacco products and drug or alcohol abuse.<unk>  focuses on educating and motivating patients to improve the quality of their lives by changing personal habits and behaviors around the use of a whole food, plant-predominant dietary<unk> , regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection. In the clinic, major barriers to<unk>  counseling are that physicians feel ill-prepared and are skeptical about their patients' receptivity. Poor<unk>  choices like dietary patterns, physical inactivity, tobacco use, alcohol addiction and dependence, drug addiction and dependence, as well as psychosocial factors, e.g. chronic stress and lack of social support and community, contribute to chronic disease.
Lifestyle medicine
Bariatric surgery
Cardiac diet
Fibre supplements
Clofibrate
Fibrate
Rice diet
Low-fat diet