From Insight to Action: Embedding Social Prescribing and Person-Centred Care in Australia’s Health System by ASLM President Dr Hung The Nguyen Every year ASLM gets invited to lifestyle medicine conference in other jurisdictions. At the BSLM Conference this year I tried to relay what matters to clients, patients or health consumers when it comes […]
Looking Back, Looking Forward: 20 Years of Lifestyle Medicine in Australasia This year feels a little bit like standing on a mountain ridge – pausing for breath, taking in the view, and reflecting on how far we’ve come while glimpsing the promising path ahead. In 2005, a small group of clinicians met at Southern Cross […]
Expression of Interest: Trial the eHealthier Platform in Your Clinic ASLM is inviting a small group of member practices to take part in an exciting pilot project with eHealthier—a platform designed to support the implementation of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) by making it easier to measure and use patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs) […]
Join the ASLM Board – Director Vacancies Now Open Roni Beauchamp (CEO) on behalf of Governance & Nominations Committee. The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) is inviting expressions of interest for three (3) Board Director positions commencing December 2025. These vacancies arise following the planned retirement of two long-serving directors, and an existing vacancy, […]
Origin Stories of Lifestyle Medicine Societies How did Lifestyle Medicine take root across the globe? The Origin Stories of Lifestyle Medicine Societies, published by the World Lifestyle Medicine Organisation (WLMO), brings together powerful narratives from more than a dozen countries – including Australia and New Zealand – highlighting the passion, challenges, and breakthroughs that have […]
Shared Medical Appointments: A Proven, Patient-Centred Innovation in Primary Care The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) reaffirms its strong support for Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) and Medical Yarn Ups (MYUs) as highly effective, efficient, and patient-valued models for managing chronic and lifestyle-related diseases, particularly within underserved and Indigenous communities. Recent commentary regarding Medicare billing […]
Sarcopenia, Lifestyle Medicine and Interdisciplinary Management Dr Peter McCann MRes,FASLM, Dr Peter McGlynn PhD,FASLM, Dr Carl Thistlethwayte MChiro,FASLM Introduction Sarcopenia is a progressive skeletal muscle disorder characterised by a decline in muscle strength, mass, and physical performance, formally recognised in 2016 as a chronic disease with its own ICD-10 code (M62.84). While traditionally viewed through […]
Advancing Lifestyle Medicine: The Role of Precision inPersonalised Health Care by Dr Cam McDonaldFASLM, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Accredited Exercise PhysiologistCEO of Precision Health Alliance Lifestyle medicine has made significant strides in addressing the root causes of chronic disease. Interventions grounded in nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress reduction, and social connection are increasingly supported by robust […]
Harnessing Digital Technology for Better Health: Insights from the Healthylife Living Healthy Report 2025 by ASLM CEO Roni Beauchamp As healthcare professionals committed to Lifestyle Medicine, you understand that nutrition, physical activity, mental wellbeing, and social connection are vital to improving health outcomes. The recently released Healthylife Living Healthy Report 2025, supported by the Woolworths […]
Embracing Social Connection During Easter and ANZAC Day by ASLM CEO Roni Beauchamp As we approach the Easter and ANZAC Day holidays, it’s an opportune moment to reflect on the critical role of social connection, a key pillar of lifestyle medicine, in our patients’ lives and our own. Recent research from Australia and New Zealand […]
