Lifestyle Medicine Board Exam UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Six pillars of lifestyle medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - plant predominant diet, exercise,
stress management, social connection, sleep, avoid risky substances
Lifestyle medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - Use of therapeutic lifestyle intervention as a
primary modality to treat chronic conditions; used to prevent and reverse lifestyle related
diseases
Definition of lifestyle medicine - Gary Egger - CORRECT ANSWER - application of
medical, behavioral, motivational and environmental principles to management of lifestyle-
related health problems in a clinical setting
Who wrote the first comprehensive medical text focused on lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWER - James Rippe
Pritikin Diet - CORRECT ANSWER - residential health care center, used nutrition,
exercise and education to treat and reverse heart disease
McDougall program - CORRECT ANSWER - residential health care, unlimited wfpb diet,
stress reduction, exercise to treat and reverse chronic disease
Ornish - CORRECT ANSWER - Lifestyle Heart Trial - regression of cardiac stenosis at 1
year and continued improvement at 5 years through a low fat vegetarian diet, stress management,
exercise, and smoking cessation in a small group setting, emphasizing positive psychology and
connectedness
CHIP (now Pivio) - CORRECT ANSWER - ITLC program emphasizing WFPB diet,
showed early ROI for diabetes prevention; founded by Hans Diehl
, What are the physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Leadership 2. Knowledge 3. Assessment skills 4. Management skills 5.
Office and community support
Preventive Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - Promoting preventive health to improve
patient well-being, to prevent disease, disability and death; apply expertise in medicine, social,
economic, and behavioral sciences to improve health and quality of life for individuals, families,
communities and population through disease prevention and health promotion
Integrative Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - Conventional + complementary approaches
together, emphasizes multimodal interventions, 2 or more interventions in combinations with an
emphasis on treating the whole person
mind-body medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - grounded in understanding connection
between mind and body, ways in which thoughts, emotions, and behaviors impact health, body's
innate healing capacity, and importance of compassionate care and self-responsibility in the
healing process
functional medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - individualized, patient=centered, science
based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address underlying
causes of disease and promote optimal wellness, requires a detailed understanding of genetic,
biochemical and lifestyle factors and leverages data to direct personalized treatment plans that
lead to improved patient outcomes
What are the 2 key elements for improving health behaviors and outcomes? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A trusting relationship between provider and patient; Patient support from
multidisciplinary team, loved ones and greater community
40% of all premature deaths are attributable to what factors - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
tobacco use (18.1%) 2. poor diet and physical activity (16.6%) 3. alcohol consumption (2.5%)
4 healthy beahviors from BRFSS - CORRECT ANSWER - non smoking, healthy weight,
5 fruits/veggies/day, regular physical activity
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Six pillars of lifestyle medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - plant predominant diet, exercise,
stress management, social connection, sleep, avoid risky substances
Lifestyle medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - Use of therapeutic lifestyle intervention as a
primary modality to treat chronic conditions; used to prevent and reverse lifestyle related
diseases
Definition of lifestyle medicine - Gary Egger - CORRECT ANSWER - application of
medical, behavioral, motivational and environmental principles to management of lifestyle-
related health problems in a clinical setting
Who wrote the first comprehensive medical text focused on lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWER - James Rippe
Pritikin Diet - CORRECT ANSWER - residential health care center, used nutrition,
exercise and education to treat and reverse heart disease
McDougall program - CORRECT ANSWER - residential health care, unlimited wfpb diet,
stress reduction, exercise to treat and reverse chronic disease
Ornish - CORRECT ANSWER - Lifestyle Heart Trial - regression of cardiac stenosis at 1
year and continued improvement at 5 years through a low fat vegetarian diet, stress management,
exercise, and smoking cessation in a small group setting, emphasizing positive psychology and
connectedness
CHIP (now Pivio) - CORRECT ANSWER - ITLC program emphasizing WFPB diet,
showed early ROI for diabetes prevention; founded by Hans Diehl
, What are the physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Leadership 2. Knowledge 3. Assessment skills 4. Management skills 5.
Office and community support
Preventive Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - Promoting preventive health to improve
patient well-being, to prevent disease, disability and death; apply expertise in medicine, social,
economic, and behavioral sciences to improve health and quality of life for individuals, families,
communities and population through disease prevention and health promotion
Integrative Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - Conventional + complementary approaches
together, emphasizes multimodal interventions, 2 or more interventions in combinations with an
emphasis on treating the whole person
mind-body medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - grounded in understanding connection
between mind and body, ways in which thoughts, emotions, and behaviors impact health, body's
innate healing capacity, and importance of compassionate care and self-responsibility in the
healing process
functional medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - individualized, patient=centered, science
based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address underlying
causes of disease and promote optimal wellness, requires a detailed understanding of genetic,
biochemical and lifestyle factors and leverages data to direct personalized treatment plans that
lead to improved patient outcomes
What are the 2 key elements for improving health behaviors and outcomes? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A trusting relationship between provider and patient; Patient support from
multidisciplinary team, loved ones and greater community
40% of all premature deaths are attributable to what factors - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
tobacco use (18.1%) 2. poor diet and physical activity (16.6%) 3. alcohol consumption (2.5%)
4 healthy beahviors from BRFSS - CORRECT ANSWER - non smoking, healthy weight,
5 fruits/veggies/day, regular physical activity
