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American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published in Association with American College of Lifestyle Medicine

eISSN: 15598284 | ISSN: 15598276 | Current volume: 18 | Current issue: 5 Frequency: Bi-monthly

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), published bimonthly, is a professional resource for practitioners seeking to incorporate lifestyle practices into clinical medicine. AJLM focuses on:

  • Recognizing and addressing the impact that lifestyle decisions and activities have on health
  • Emphasizing the interaction between traditional therapies (e.g. pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, etc.) and lifestyle modalities to treat disease and achieve superior outcomes
  • Highlighting and providing information about therapies that minimize the extent to which illness impacts lifestyle.

AJLM publishes a broad range of articles intended to help primary care providers and other health professionals guide their patients to lead healthier lifestyles. The journal provides commentaries and research reviews on nutrition and diet, physical activity, behavior change, cardiovascular disease, obesity, anxiety and depression, sleep problems, metabolic disease, and more—in a readable, immediately accessible, and usable format.

The journal is edited by Dr. James M. Rippe, a nationally renowned cardiologist and authority on health, fitness, healthy weight loss and lifestyle medicine. Author of over 42 books on health and fitness for the public and editor of leading medical textbooks in intensive care and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Rippe is the founder of Rippe Lifestyle Institute, a leading research, communication and health promotion organization. He is also the founder and director of the Rippe Health Evaluation, a series of comprehensive health evaluations conducted at the state-of-the-art medical facility in the town of Celebration, Florida.

A peer-reviewed professional resource, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine covers topics including, but not limited to:

  • Addictive disorders
  • Allergies & respiratory infections
  • Anxiety & depression
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Dermatology & skin care
  • Diabetes
  • Dislipidemia
  • Hypertension
  • Men’s health
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Nutrition & diet
  • Obesity & weight management
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Physical Activity
  • Pulmonary medicine
  • Sleep disorders
  • Sports medicine
  • Urology
  • Women’s health 

The Official Journal of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM) is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly resource for practitioners seeking to incorporate lifestyle practices into clinical medicine. AJLM provides commentaries and research reviews on nutrition and diet, physical activity, behavior change, cardiovascular disease, obesity, anxiety and depression, sleep problems, metabolic disease, and more. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The Official Journal of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Editor-in-Chief
James M. Rippe, MD Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Shrewsbury, MA, USA; UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Associate Editors
Gia Merlo, MD, MBA New York University, NY, USA
Theodore J. Angelopoulos, PhD MPH University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Managing Editor
Elizabeth A. Grady Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Shrewsbury, MA, USA
Book Review Editor
Wayne S. Dysinger, MD, MPH Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
International Editors
Rob Lawson, BSc, MBChB, MRCGP, FRCGP Cockenzie House and Gardens, UK
John Stevens, RN, PhD, FACN Southern Cross University
Stefania Ubaldi, MD, PhD European Lifestyle Medicine Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board
Arman Behnam, PhD Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Melissa Bernstein, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, DipACLM Chicago Medical School; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, IL, USA
Henry R. Black, MD New York University, Langone Medical Center, USA
Jonathan P. Bonnet, MD University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Maxime Caru, PhD, PhD Penn State College of Medicine, PA, USA
Ronald J. DeBellis, PharmD, FCCP National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), Boston, MA, USA
Johanna Dwyer, DSC, RD, LDN Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Garry Egger, MPH, PhD Centre for Health Promotion and Research, Australia; Southern Cross University, Australia
Jane Ellery, PhD Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
Monica K. Esquivel, PhD, RDN, CSSD University of Hawaii Manoa, HI, USA
Xue Feng, M.D. Fuwai Hospital, CAMS & PUMC and National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China
John P. Foreyt, PhD Baylor College of Medicine Research Center, Houston, TX, USA
Barry A. Franklin, PhD, FACSM Beaumont Health Center, Royal Oak, MI, USA
Elizabeth P. Frates, MD Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
Susan Friedman, MD University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
Craig F. Garfield, MD, MAPP Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Cynthia Johnson Geyer, MD Canyon Ranch, Lenox, MA, USA
Regan A. R. Gurung, PhD Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
George Guthrie, MD, MPH, CDE, CNS, FAAFP, FAALM American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Chesterfield, MO, USA
Shengshou Hu, M.D. Fuwai Hospital, CAMS & PUMC and National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China
Craig A. Johnston, PhD University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Elizabeth Joy, MD, MPH, FACSM, FAMSSM Lore Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
David M. Joyner, MD, LLC Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA
Micaela Karlsen, PhD, MSPH American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Chesterfield, MO, USA
John La Puma, MD Director, Chef Clinic Nutritional Internal Medicine, Founder, EcoMedicine.org, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Salvatore Lacagnina, DO Lee Health, Fort Myers, FL, USA
Liana Lianov, MD, MPH American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, International Positive Psychology Association, USA
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Bess H. Marcus, PhD University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Gia Merlo, MD, MBA New York University, NY, USA
Darren Morton, PhD, FASLM Avondale College of Higher Education, Australia
Michael O'Donnell, PhD, MBA, MPH American Journal of Health Promotion, Cleveland, OH, USA
Robin Ortiz, MD NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New york, NY, USA
William F. Rippe, MD Heartland Clinic, St. Joseph, MO, USA
Thomas Rowland, MD Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA
Nancy Rudner Lugo, DrPH, RN Health Action, Maitland, FL, USA
Deepa Sannidhi, MD UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, USA
Ayesha Sherzai, MD Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA, USA
Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA, USA
Richard Simpson, PhD La Trobe University, Australia
David Sleet, PhD, FAAHB National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA, USA
Gerald Smith, PhD, PT University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Sneha Srivastava, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, DipACLM, FADCES Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
Alan C. Utter, PhD, MPH, FACSM Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, USA
Bryant J. Webber, MD, MPH, FACPM Uniformed Services University, MD, USA
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