Lifestyle medicine is increasingly a part of mainstream medicine, dealing with the prevention and control of chronic diseases using evidence-based lifestyle interventions. Doctors stress nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and sleep hygiene as key therapeutic modalities.
In integrating lifestyle modification into everyday medical practice, internists and general practitioners enable patients to take an active role in controlling their health. This reduces drug dependence and decreases the burden of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.