By the end of this activity module, participants will be able to: 

1. Discuss lifestyle medicine and its unique role in healthcare practice 
2. Describe the lifestyle medicine core competencies as identified by a national consensus panel 
3. Compare and contrast lifestyle medicine with other fields of health and medicine 
4. Summarize the scientific evidence that shows health behaviors are associated with key health outcome 
5. Describe the evidence showing that lifestyle interventions effectively impact disease pathophysiology 
6. Describe the priority of lifestyle medicine in the spectrum of treatment algorithms for chronic, lifestyle-related diseases across the lifespan 
7. Discuss the prevalence and associated cost burden of lifestyle-related disease, such as hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and cancer 
8. Examine the relationship between lifestyle medicine, planetary health, and sustainable living 
9. Apply lifestyle medicine interventions in the context of social drivers of health to improve health outcomes and health equity