Important Dates |
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| Early Bird Abstract submissions Closes on November 27, 2025 | |
| Early Bird Registrations Closes on November 28, 2025 | |
| Abstract submissions Closes on February 28, 2026 | |
| Registrations Closes on March 09, 2026 | |
About Conference
Lifestyle Medicine 2026
Chronic diseases represent the leading cause of morbidity and associated mortality worldwide. Evidence firmly supports that up to 80% of these conditions can be prevented, treated, and in many cases reversed through lifestyle interventions focusing on nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and social connection—making lifestyle medicine an urgent and evidence-based solution for prevention and management. In Malaysia and the broader ASEAN region, the burden of chronic diseases mirrors global trends.
Lifestyle Medicine 2026 aims to unite global experts, regional leaders, and community advocates to share cutting-edge research, best practices, and innovative strategies that address both universal and region-specific challenges in lifestyle medicine and chronic disease prevention, offering a platform to accelerate scientific discovery, clinical implementation, and public health impact across diverse populations.
Lifestyle Medicine and Chronic Disease Prevention: Research Pain Points and Progress
Pain Points
• Studies to conclusively demonstrate lifestyle interventions' efficacy in diverse populations
• Lack of standardized guidelines and hierarchies of evidence specific to lifestyle medicine modalities
• Challenges in synthesizing vast and complex data from lifestyle behaviours, microbiome, inflammation, epigenetics, and neuroplasticity into actionable clinical practice
• Implementation of evidence-based clinical guidelines
• Primary care systems largely oriented toward acute care with fragmented chronic disease management
Progress
• Recognition of lifestyle medicine as a clinically effective specialty capable of preventing, treating, and reversing chronic diseases
• Integration of digital health technologies, wearable devices, and AI to track and support healthcare behaviour change
• Advances in precision lifestyle medicine through personalized interventions
• Growing multidisciplinary and collaborative care models
• Expanding focus on mental health and well-being as integral components of lifestyle medicine
• KOSPEN community program and the integration of multidisciplinary lifestyle medicine teams
