ACLM Board Review Course Questions And
Answers
What is lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Lifestyle medicine is a medical
specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to tx (and often
reverse) chronic conditions such as CVD, T2DM, and obesity
What are the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT - ANSWERS 1. A whole-food and
plant-predominant eating pattern
2. Physical activity
3. Restorative sleep
4. Stress mgmt
5. Avoidance of risky substances
6. Positive social connections
What are 3 notable intensive therapeutic lifestyle change (ITLC) treatment programs? -
CORRECT - ANSWERS Notable published ITLC programs include the Pritikin program,
Ornish program, and the Diehl CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Project) program (now
known as Pivio)
------ programs can produce the essential induction phase that is needed for people to make
the dramatic lifestyle changes that are necessary for treating severe disease. - CORRECT -
ANSWERS *ITLC* programs can produce the essential induction phase that is needed for
people to make the dramatic lifestyle changes that are necessary for treating severe disease
**ITLC: intensive therapeutic lifestyle change
When was the ACLM founded and by who? - CORRECT - ANSWERS The ACLM organization
was founded in early 2004 by Dr. John Kelly MD
, What landmark article was the first to describe the competencies necessary for a provider to
practice primary care-based lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT - ANSWERS The "Physician
competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine" 2010 JAMA article
What are the 5 physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS 1. Leadership
2. Knowledge
3. Assessment skills
4. Management skills
5. Office and community support
What are some of the lifestyle "vital signs"? - CORRECT - ANSWERS -Tobacco use
-Alcohol consumption
-Dietary pattern
-Physical activity
-BMI
-Stress level
-Sleep
-Emotional wellbeing
What is allopathic (conventional) medicine? How is it similar to lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT
- ANSWERS 1. A system of medical practice that emphasizes diagnosing and treating
disease and the use of conventional, evidence-based therapeutic measures (such as drugs or
surgery)
2. Lifestyle-medicine therapeutic approaches are often included in clinical guidelines as a
first line tx for many chronic diseases
Answers
What is lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT - ANSWERS Lifestyle medicine is a medical
specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to tx (and often
reverse) chronic conditions such as CVD, T2DM, and obesity
What are the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT - ANSWERS 1. A whole-food and
plant-predominant eating pattern
2. Physical activity
3. Restorative sleep
4. Stress mgmt
5. Avoidance of risky substances
6. Positive social connections
What are 3 notable intensive therapeutic lifestyle change (ITLC) treatment programs? -
CORRECT - ANSWERS Notable published ITLC programs include the Pritikin program,
Ornish program, and the Diehl CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Project) program (now
known as Pivio)
------ programs can produce the essential induction phase that is needed for people to make
the dramatic lifestyle changes that are necessary for treating severe disease. - CORRECT -
ANSWERS *ITLC* programs can produce the essential induction phase that is needed for
people to make the dramatic lifestyle changes that are necessary for treating severe disease
**ITLC: intensive therapeutic lifestyle change
When was the ACLM founded and by who? - CORRECT - ANSWERS The ACLM organization
was founded in early 2004 by Dr. John Kelly MD
, What landmark article was the first to describe the competencies necessary for a provider to
practice primary care-based lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT - ANSWERS The "Physician
competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine" 2010 JAMA article
What are the 5 physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT -
ANSWERS 1. Leadership
2. Knowledge
3. Assessment skills
4. Management skills
5. Office and community support
What are some of the lifestyle "vital signs"? - CORRECT - ANSWERS -Tobacco use
-Alcohol consumption
-Dietary pattern
-Physical activity
-BMI
-Stress level
-Sleep
-Emotional wellbeing
What is allopathic (conventional) medicine? How is it similar to lifestyle medicine? - CORRECT
- ANSWERS 1. A system of medical practice that emphasizes diagnosing and treating
disease and the use of conventional, evidence-based therapeutic measures (such as drugs or
surgery)
2. Lifestyle-medicine therapeutic approaches are often included in clinical guidelines as a
first line tx for many chronic diseases
