This new ABC title highlights the key areas within the management of common chronic disease conditions which can be influenced by the patient as well and how the healthcare professional can help support this. It defines lifestyle medicine, examines the evidence base and discussing the roles of the patient and the healthcare professional in the practice of lifestyle medicine. It also looks at identifying and explaining modifiable risk factors, the importance of physical activity and medicine adherence, and the role of patient self-monitoring.

ABC of Lifestyle Medicine is intended for all general practitioners, nutritionists and dieticians, junior doctors, medical trainees and students.

Kamal Mahtani, General Practitioner and Clinical Lecturer, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK and Honorary Fellow at The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Oxford, UK

David Nunan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK