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Even small changes toward healthy lifestyle choices can translate to significant benefits in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.

The findings are very encouraging; even small changes toward healthy lifestyle choices can translate to significant benefits in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. The clinical significance is so obvious that a few years ago the first professional organizations to promote lifestyle changes as a means to prevent and treat diseases were formed. In 2004 the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) was formed to provide education and certification to health professionals who wanted to use lifestyle changes as the foundation of a transformed and sustainable health‐care system. According to the ACLM, “Lifestyle Medicine is the use of a whole‐food, plant‐predominant dietary lifestyle, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection as a primary therapeutic modality for treatment and reversal of chronic disease.”