Table 11.

Barriers to Lifestyle Medicine: Statement That Reached Consensus.

Number a	Statement	Mean	Outliers
94	The current fee-for-service model of reimbursing office visits (e.g., rewarding productivity vs outcomes) is a barrier to sustainable lifestyle medicine practice because of the added time needed for these visits, which requires active patient participation focused on improving health behaviors, compared to conventional medical encounters where the patient is more of a passive participant	7.3	1

^aNumber in the initial list of candidate statements.