Trinity Health Lifestyle Medicine
Our Unique Offerings
Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Class Series - Our 6-week class of Lifestyle Medicine class provides evidence-based information on each of the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine and skill building opportunities to put what you learn into practice in your everyday life. Components of the series include:
- Virtual Group Classes
- Culinary Demonstrations
- Opportunities to Engage with Other Learners
- Resources on Each of the Six Pillars to Continue your Learning
- Personalized One-on-One Consultation and Goal Setting
Free Culinary Classes - Monthly, virtual classes open to everyone. Classes are designed to increase your confidence in the kitchen and improve your familiarity with whole, plant-based ingredients. Recipes provided.
Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Consultation Consultations begin with individualized baseline measurement in the six pillar areas using a validated screening tool. This helps determine your areas of strength and risk and serves as a road map to design personalized goals for your journey to whole health. Lifestyle Medicine Consultations may include, but are not limited to, discussion of the following:
- Strategies to attain restorative sleep
- Physical activity guidelines and prescriptions
- Benefits of eating plant-based foods and strategies for incorporating them into your diet
- Advice on building strong social connections
- Resources for avoiding risky substances
- Healthy stress management tools
- Review of relevant lab work
Lifestyle Medicine for Older Adults – Each of the six pillars of lifestyle medicine support healthy aging and longevity. Click on the link below to learn more about how each pillar can support you in aging well.
Cookbooks We Love - Many of our patients and colleagues ask us about resources to continue their learning in Lifestyle Medicine. This page lists some of our favorite, evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine books.
Our Unique Approach
Non-Judgmental, Expert Advice – We compassionately meet you where you are to provide expert, evidence-based advice, and the strategies to implement it, tailored to your unique life circumstances.
Patient Driven Goal Setting – We work collaboratively with you to decide the health goals to pursue and develop specific, actionable steps to achieve them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Although we do not require a referral, obtaining one from your doctor may assist in insurance reimbursement.
The monthly culinary classes are free. For all other offerings, we encourage you to check with your insurance provider to see if they will cover the cost of the program. The Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine class series, personalized lifestyle medicine consultations and medical nutrition therapy appointments are billed as Medical Nutrition Therapy (CPT Codes: 97802, 97803, 97804). Some insurances may require a referral from your doctor in order for our services to be covered. For any costs that are not covered by your insurance, you will receive a bill. You can make a payment through the mail or your MyChart account using your debit or credit card. Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts may be used to pay for these services as well.
You can choose to schedule your individual consultation through a virtual meeting platform or in person. The free culinary sessions are fully virtual. Please ask about in-person and virtual options when scheduling your individual consultation or inquiring about group classes.
Yes! Lifestyle Medicine complements traditional care, it doesn’t replace it. Lifestyle Medicine visits will not replace any medical care you’re already receiving. Your Lifestyle Medicine visits will be documented in your electronic health record or MyChart account so your other health care providers will have access to the information.
Most of our programs and services are for adults 18 years or older. If you are a family with children up to the age of 18 looking to learn about healthy eating, an active lifestyle and effective communication to promote well-being, please connect with the Trinity Health Healthy Families Program.
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