AMERICAN BOARD OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE (ABLM) BOARD
REVIEW 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS AND COMPLETED ANSWERS
intensive therapeutic lifestyle change (ITLC) treatment programs
these programs encourage drastic changes in one’s daily routine, including sleep
habits, eating pattern, physical activity, and stress management. The program is usually
administered in a group setting, and it typically involves a multi-modality team.
The Lifestyle Heart Trial
this trial showed regression of cardiac stenosis at 1 year and continued
improvement at 5 years through a low-fat vegetarian dietary pattern, stress
management, exercise, and smoking cessation in a small group setting, and
emphasizing positive psychology and connectedness.
Hans Diehl and CHIP (now known as Pivio)
An outpatient ITLC program that encourages a whole food plant-based eating pattern
and exercise to prevent, treat, and reverse lifestyle-related chronic disease.
Lifestyle Medicine by James Rippe (1990s)
The first comprehensive medical text focused on lifestyle medicine.
Dr. John Kelly of Loma Linda University
who founded the ACLM?
2004
what year was ACLM founded?
"Physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine" 2010 JAMA article
This landmark article was the first to describe the competencies necessary for a
provider to practice primary care-based lifestyle medicine.
leadership
knowledge
, assessment skills
management skills
office and community support
5 physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine
Allopathic (Conventional) Medicine
Preventive Medicine
type of health care wherein the ultimate goal is to prevent disease, disability, and death
integrative medicine
type of health care which brings conventional and complementary approaches together;
emphasizes multimodal interventions
Mind-Body Medicine
type of health care which focuses on the ways in which thoughts, emotions, and
behaviors impact health, the body's innate healing capacity, and the importance of
compassionate care and self-responsibility in the healing process
Functional Medicine
Type of health care that focuses on personalized health prescriptions that aim to treat
the root cause of disease
complementary & alternative medicine
disease reversal
All laboratory markers or diagnostic tests of a disease are within normal range, without
current use of any medications, and with no present signs or symptoms of disease.
control of a chronic disease
describes improvement in laboratory markers and diagnostic testing to accepted
standard levels but without complete normalization of laboratory markers or diagnostic
testing.
A trusting relationship between provider and patient
Patient support from a multidisciplinary team, loved ones, and the greater
community
Two key elements for improving health behaviors and outcomes
REVIEW 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS AND COMPLETED ANSWERS
intensive therapeutic lifestyle change (ITLC) treatment programs
these programs encourage drastic changes in one’s daily routine, including sleep
habits, eating pattern, physical activity, and stress management. The program is usually
administered in a group setting, and it typically involves a multi-modality team.
The Lifestyle Heart Trial
this trial showed regression of cardiac stenosis at 1 year and continued
improvement at 5 years through a low-fat vegetarian dietary pattern, stress
management, exercise, and smoking cessation in a small group setting, and
emphasizing positive psychology and connectedness.
Hans Diehl and CHIP (now known as Pivio)
An outpatient ITLC program that encourages a whole food plant-based eating pattern
and exercise to prevent, treat, and reverse lifestyle-related chronic disease.
Lifestyle Medicine by James Rippe (1990s)
The first comprehensive medical text focused on lifestyle medicine.
Dr. John Kelly of Loma Linda University
who founded the ACLM?
2004
what year was ACLM founded?
"Physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine" 2010 JAMA article
This landmark article was the first to describe the competencies necessary for a
provider to practice primary care-based lifestyle medicine.
leadership
knowledge
, assessment skills
management skills
office and community support
5 physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine
Allopathic (Conventional) Medicine
Preventive Medicine
type of health care wherein the ultimate goal is to prevent disease, disability, and death
integrative medicine
type of health care which brings conventional and complementary approaches together;
emphasizes multimodal interventions
Mind-Body Medicine
type of health care which focuses on the ways in which thoughts, emotions, and
behaviors impact health, the body's innate healing capacity, and the importance of
compassionate care and self-responsibility in the healing process
Functional Medicine
Type of health care that focuses on personalized health prescriptions that aim to treat
the root cause of disease
complementary & alternative medicine
disease reversal
All laboratory markers or diagnostic tests of a disease are within normal range, without
current use of any medications, and with no present signs or symptoms of disease.
control of a chronic disease
describes improvement in laboratory markers and diagnostic testing to accepted
standard levels but without complete normalization of laboratory markers or diagnostic
testing.
A trusting relationship between provider and patient
Patient support from a multidisciplinary team, loved ones, and the greater
community
Two key elements for improving health behaviors and outcomes
