August 2024

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How was your August? For us it's been very busy - the run up to conference is fully in swing - we're looking forward to welcoming you really soon! With the glimmer of sunshine and lots of rain, we hope it's been an enjoyable close to our (very short) summer here in the UK.

We have another jam-packed newsletter for you this month with all the latest Lifestyle Medicine updates.

Below is your guide to all things Lifestyle Medicine this month, insight into August at BSLM and also what's in store come September.

In this month's Newsletter...

HEADLINE NEWS

You'll have noticed, our BSLM events are all over your feed!

BSLM24 is round the corner - with Speaker Reveals, Advisory Board reasons to attend and more available on our socials, we're sure you've not been able to forget!

The latest update for our conference are..

Our tickets deadline approaching as below:

Make sure you've got yours here!

We hope you managed to grab your Gala Dinner Tickets as our deadline was on the 26th of August. A sneak peek of both set menu meals to come here:

For hotel availability in Newcastle Gateshead, there are few rooms left - if you're still looking to book, the upcoming hotel deadlines are here:

Book either hotel here

Watch our video here to remind you why you should be at BSLM24!

European Lifestyle Medicine Symposium:

Why is this event so important?

With an extract from out May Summit Executive Summary

As mentioned in previous newsletters, we had a May Summit in Alicante for our upcoming joint event with the Spanish Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, European Lifestyle Medicine Symposium in October this year.

We wanted to shed some light as to why this collaborative event is so important to the landscape of Lifestyle Medicine in Europe, with an excerpt from the Executive Summary from our May Meeting:

"An additional, and no less important, goal of the meeting was to agree to collaborate as a group of Lifestyle Medicine organisations on areas such as Policy, Advocacy and Research. To that end, attendees at the Summit included leaders from the European Lifestyle Medicine Council (ELMC), European Lifestyle Medicine Organisation (ELMO), and the Mediterranean Lifestyle Medicine Institute (MLMI).

Delegates were truly representative of Lifestyle Medicine across Europe, coming from as far north as Norway and as far South as Spain, with Portugal in the west and Romania in the East. The different experiences of Lifestyle Medicine in each of these countries brought an exciting and dynamic cultural mix to the summit, resulting in a robust discussion around a Lifestyle Medicine position statement, research and policy priorities, and a commitment to work together in the name of Lifestyle Medicine.

Above all it was agreed that Europe should proceed as a group in an inclusive, equitable and collaborative way, valuing all viewpoints and acknowledging regional variation in the implementation of Lifestyle Medicine. Moreover, we welcome as equal partners, all healthcare practitioners, be they doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, coaches, or social prescribers, thus recognising the need for multi-disciplinary teams and systems to tackle the growing problem of lifestyle related diseases."

We can't wait to invite you to Alicante at Melia Alicante from the 7-9th of October 2024, what a way to beat the post-BSLM24-conference-blues!

Have a look at the event and Programme here

LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IN FOCUS

Some noteworthy Lifestyle Medicine features within the recent news in Britain.

Build simple habits that will boost your health and happiness this September

In aid of our conference theme under "Age Well", we have a fantastic campaign to highlight from the Open University and nQuire.

Based on the successful Ageing Well Public Talk Series, which is structured around the Five Pillars for Ageing Well (Nutrition, Hydration, Physical Social and Cognitive Stimulation), the Take Five to Age Well offers five steps to a longer, healthier life. Take Five to Age Well is the first-ever worldwide campaign designed to empower individuals to take control of their health and well-being, especially as they grow older.

This campaign ran last year, however why not take the tips into every month!

Have a peek at this fantastic campaign, it might be one to honour post BSLM24!

Look at the overview here

Lifestyle Medicine Journal: More New Releases

On the 3rd of August, Implementation and Scalability of Physical Activity Interventions Delivered Within Primary Care: A Narrative Review was released. On the 7th of August, How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Change Cigarette Smoking Behavior? was released, and to follow on the 14th of August, Type 2 Diabetic Patients and Their Awareness About Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Diabetic Centers of Riyadh City was released. The 16th of August saw the release of Defining the Traditional Mediterranean Lifestyle: Joint International Consensus Statement and finally on the 19th of August, Analysis of Canadian Physician Obituaries Between 2000 and 2023 to Investigate Trends in Death Between Specialties: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study was added to the collection.

We have a piece in this newsletter that goes into detail on a research update from Professor Fraser Birrell, our Director of Science and Research. Keep scrolling!

Read the newest release here

NIHR Evidence: Long Covid and Young Adults

In NIHR's Article released on the 15th of August, in aid of our conference theme, "Start Well", we thought the below is of interest to you that have a special interest in Long Covid research.

The article covers how: "Studies have, however, demonstrated the negative effects of chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME/CFS) on the social, emotional, and academic aspects of going to school. This long-term condition has some similarities to long COVID, which suggests that young people with long COVID might also struggle at school."

Read the Article Here

More NIHR evidence here

Other Lifestyle Medicine News and Events

Six ways to look after your brain health in your 20s and 30s - The Conversation Article

According to this article, there are now 12 known modifiable risk factors associated with greater risk of dementia. This piece authored by Jitka Vseteckova & Corrina Grimes highlights six lifestyle changes that can assist you in helping you "Age Well".

Jitka Vseteckova and the team at Open University offer Ageing Well Public Talks.

Read the six changes here

There are some fantastic upcoming talks that you should pop in your diary from The Open Universities Aging Well Public Talks team. The most relevant will be featured in our events section of this newsletter, however feel free to browse all of their upcoming sessions below.

All Aging Well Talks here

LATEST NEWS AT BSLM

BSLM News

BSLM: Another busy month!

We've included some updates below to give you an idea of what we've been up to.

Research Updates and Upcoming Research Opportunities

With Prof. Fraser Birrell, BSLM Director of Science and Research

Congratulations to all of those who have had abstracts accepted for the BSLM 2024 Conference, as posters or oral presentations. These will all be published by the time of the conference in a special issue of Lifestyle Medicine,

The journal has recently published a Canadian analysis of physician obituaries (Li et al, 2024) to provide a comparison with our most popular paper analysing UK obituaries from the BMJ: Brayne et al, 2021, which has been downloaded nearly 100,000 times! This new study confirms Emergency Medicine is associated with an early death (median 59 years), compared to Public Health (84 years), Surgery (81 years), Internal & Family Medicine (80 & 77 years, respectively). Perhaps we need to incorporate Drop-in Group Consultation models front of house to improve these outcomes?

What are the upcoming Opportunities?

BSLM: Funding Resources - Support for applying to your funder

As it's August, we thought a final reminder that getting funding for your attendance to BSLM24 is fast approaching - when applying for this funding, we’ve created these handy templates holding much of the info your funder, i.e ICB, PCN, Trust etc, would need to approve your request.

You can download the conference funding template and others to support your funding request for BSLM events and education via clicking below.

Have a look at the templates

Pop us an email here to tell us your thoughts on the funding resources

Breathing Inefficiently Impacts Sleep, Exercise, Mental Health, Appetite, Relationships & Addiction - New Blog Piece!

We've popped up on the 12th August Dr Louise Oliver's wonderful blog piece on "Breathing Inefficiently Impacts Sleep, Exercise, Mental Health, Appetite, Relationships & Addiction"

You might remember Dr Oliver's Livestream with Davina McCall where they talked about breathing techniques.

A massive thanks to Dr Louise Oliver for writing this piece on how important breathing is to us; an in-depth, stats-packed insightful read!

If you haven't seen it yet, have a read below.

Our monthly Live Well Update

With the Live Well East Lothian Team

Fringe by the Sea Debut for Live Well East Lothian!

This month Live Well East Lothian had a community space to engage with the public at the Fringe by the Sea Festival in North Berwick. We offered a few gentle exercise tasters and spoke to residents about the classes we provide across the county, hoping to attract new participants and say hello to some of our current members.

It was a lovely morning spent with the help of Live Well East Lothian and BSLM founder, Rob, and family and Instructor and Admin Co-Ordinator, Fiona, (all pictured below) enjoying the space and festival atmosphere.

A big thank you to the Fringe by the Sea for inviting us along and to the North Berwick Trust for the recent grant awarded to support our North Berwick classes.

Live Well Website here

Featured Podcasts

As you'll know we have some fantastic podcasts on our radar. Podcasts are a great way of getting all the latest insights and information on Lifestyle Medicine, and beyond!

Recommended Listen:

Front Line to Finish Line: an SEM Essentials Podcast by FSEM

Ep.13: Inspiring people to be physically active - Andrew Harris

Listen Here

Our Podcasts

The Microbiome Medics release is due, keep your eyes peeled in September!

Listen Here

The Movement Prescription Podcast Newest Release:

Ep.19 - Training Through Adversity: Dr. Polly Swan's Olympic and Medical Journey

Listen Here

Every time one of the podcasts above are released we'll be updating the newsletter so keep an eye out for updates here too for your monthly listening fix!

FEATURED BSLM EVENTS

Head to the dedicated BSLM events page for the full list of upcoming events

BSLM Events

Our Monthly Webinar is on hold for September..

..We'll look forward to seeing you again in October!

The date for your diary for our next Webinar is the 15th of October 2024 @ 7pm

Thanks for joining us in August for..

The Webinar for August is below on our Youtube Channel. As soon as it's available on our website, it'll be on our Previous Webinar's page.

August's recording is here!

View previous webinars here

Other Events

Schedule the below in your diary for September & Beyond!

This month is slightly busier than previous - we hope you can also find time for any of the below if they are of interest alongside BSLM24 of course!

PCN Newcastle

5th September @ The Hilton, Gateshead (same venue as our Gala Dinner!)

Prof Fraser Birrell, BSLM Director of Science and Research, is speaking at 10.10am on "Why should your PCN use group clinics to better integrate your team?" - have a peek at the programme and more below!