What is Lifestyle Medicine?

Lifestyle medicine is a relatively new discipline, which bridges the gap between health promotion and conventional medicine. It involves a range of health professionals working as a team.

ALMA Membership

ALMA was initially established to provide for the needs and education of GPs and Allied Professionals accredited to provide services under the Medicare Enhanced Primary Care system (EPC).

The Committee

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The Constitution

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The main aims of ALMA are

• Raise awareness of the need and value of lifestyle behaviour change in the management and prevention of chronic disease
• Improve knowledge and skills of practitioners in lifestyle behaviour change
• Encourage and engage more health practitioners in the field of lifestyle change
• Facilitate improved transfer of information and skills development in effective lifestyle change
• Foster research and accreditation in this area
• Act as an advocate for the development of polices and program in this area, as an "a political Association".