LIFESTYLE MEDICINE STUDY SHEET 2026
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What does a lifestyle medicine approach include?.
Answer: 1) WFPB
2) regular physical exercise
3) Adequate sleep
4) stress management
5) avoidance of risky substance use
6) The use of other non-drug modalities that promote health and prevent
disease (positive psychology and connectedness)
●● List some examples of ITLC Intensive Therapeutic Lifestyle Change.
Answer: Ornish, Pritikin, CHIP
●● WHO World Health Organization wrote an inaugural report in 1990
on the reflection of how poor diet and excess calories are related to
chronic disease. What is the title of the article?.
Answer: "Diet, Nutrition, and the prevention of Chronic Disease"
●● Who wrote the first comprehensive medical text focused on lifestyle
medicine?.
, Answer: James Rippe 1990s
●● When was ACLM founded and by whom?.
Answer: 2004 by Dr John Kelly
●● What was the name of the Landmark article that was the first to
describe the competencies necessary for a physician to practice primary
care lifestyle medicine. When and where was it published.
Answer: "The Physician Competencies for Prescribing Lifestyle
Medicine" 2010 JAMA
●● Why was The American Board of lifestyle medicine ( ABLM)
created?.
Answer: To develop a credible lifestyle medicine certification exam and
process
●● The inaugural lifestyle medicine certification exam was when and
where?.
Answer: 2017 Tucson, AZ
●● There are two lifestyle medicine certifications what are they.
Answer: ABLM - docs and DOs
ACLM - phds, dieticians, PharmD etc..
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What does a lifestyle medicine approach include?.
Answer: 1) WFPB
2) regular physical exercise
3) Adequate sleep
4) stress management
5) avoidance of risky substance use
6) The use of other non-drug modalities that promote health and prevent
disease (positive psychology and connectedness)
●● List some examples of ITLC Intensive Therapeutic Lifestyle Change.
Answer: Ornish, Pritikin, CHIP
●● WHO World Health Organization wrote an inaugural report in 1990
on the reflection of how poor diet and excess calories are related to
chronic disease. What is the title of the article?.
Answer: "Diet, Nutrition, and the prevention of Chronic Disease"
●● Who wrote the first comprehensive medical text focused on lifestyle
medicine?.
, Answer: James Rippe 1990s
●● When was ACLM founded and by whom?.
Answer: 2004 by Dr John Kelly
●● What was the name of the Landmark article that was the first to
describe the competencies necessary for a physician to practice primary
care lifestyle medicine. When and where was it published.
Answer: "The Physician Competencies for Prescribing Lifestyle
Medicine" 2010 JAMA
●● Why was The American Board of lifestyle medicine ( ABLM)
created?.
Answer: To develop a credible lifestyle medicine certification exam and
process
●● The inaugural lifestyle medicine certification exam was when and
where?.
Answer: 2017 Tucson, AZ
●● There are two lifestyle medicine certifications what are they.
Answer: ABLM - docs and DOs
ACLM - phds, dieticians, PharmD etc..
