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Preventive Care

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Immunizations

With resources and support from IAFP, providers will create a stronger foundation for better patient management and increasing awareness of the importance of immunizations across the lifespan, from pregnancy, infants, school age, adolescents and adults at every age. We will continue to highlight the safety and efficacy of recommended vaccines. This also includes seasonal updated immunizations like influenza and Covid vaccines.

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

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Funding for this webpage was made possible by funds received from the Office of Disease Control, through the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Obesity Care

Family Physicians play a critical role in counseling patients about healthy interventions to promote weight loss or prevent the onset of obesity. The IAFP and AAFP offer evidence-based, practical obesity and fitness resources to support your patients’ weight management needs. From our Lifestyle Medicine Member Interest Group to our 2025 Obesity in Primary Care conference and Lifestyle Medicine enduring CME, you can rely on our tools below to help you provide appropriate, effective care to patients in addressing weight-based topics in the context of better health.

2025 Obesity Care Conference



Lifestyle Medicine Approaches for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes

Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate and discuss the role of macronutrients in insulin resistance
- Identify benefits of plant-based diets and other lifestyle factors in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes
- Illustrate Diabetes Undone as a community outreach program and utilize it within clinical and community settings to prevent and improve management of chronic disease.

Supported by a grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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Integrating Lifestyle Medicine into Clinical Practice

Learning Objectives:
1) Explore the evidence for the benefits of the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine - physical activity, a whole food, nutrient-dense dietary pattern, restorative sleep, stress management, supportive social connection and avoidance of risky substances
2) Examine the specific assessment tools and interventions that can be used in a personalized lifestyle medicine approach to patient care

Supported by a grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians

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Resources

Videos

Websites

Books

“How Not To Die ” Michael Greger , MD
“Proteinaholic ” Garth Davis, MD
"Blue Zones ” Dan Buettner
“Salt, Sugar, Fat ” Michael Moss
“Undo It! How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases ” Dean Ornish, MD

“Mastering Diabetes ” Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro
“Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes ” Neal Barnard, MD
“The Pleasure Trap ” Doug Lisle, PhD“
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease ” Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. MD
“Fiber Fueled ” Will Bulsiewicz , MD
“Dopamine Nation ” Anna Lembke, MD

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