Table 1.
Growth of Interest in Lifestyle Medicine Using Diverse Metrics.
| Metric | Description | Status and Growth Trends |
|---|---|---|
| ABLM | Physician diplomates, US and Canada | 2009 certified physicians in 2022 vs 221 in 2017 year of first examinations, with 62% of diplomates in past 2 years |
| ACLM | Membership | 8112 members in 2022 vs 12 when founded in 2003, with 91% joining in past 5 years |
| AJLM | Published manuscripts | 550 publications in PubMed from inception in 2007 through May 2022, with 74% published in the past 5 years |
| Google trends | Lifestyle medicine as topic | Four-fold increase in lifestyle medicine as a worldwide search topic over past 5 years, as of May 2022 |
| LMIG | ACLM-sponsored student interest groups, primarily at medical schools | 80 sites (61 medical schools) in 2022, increased from 66 in 2021, 46 in 2020, 20 in 2019, 16 in 2018, and 10 or fewer sites in prior years, since inception in 2009 |
| LMRC | Educational curriculum that can be integrated with medical residency programs | 84 residency sites (over 120 programs) by Summer 2022, increased from 49 sites (82 programs) in 2021, 17 sites (29 programs) in 2020, 8 sites (13 programs) in 2019, and 4 sites (7 programs) in 2018 (inception year) |
| PubMed | “life style” as MeSH search term | 70 976 publications as of May 2022, with 21% past 5 years, 45% past 10 years, and 66% past 15 years |
| PubMed | “lifestyle medicine” or “life style medicine” in any search field | 788 publications as of May 2022, with 64% in past 5 years, 86% past 10 years, and 89% past 15 years |
Abbreviations: ABLM, American Board of Lifestyle Medicine; ACLM, American College of Lifestyle Medicine; AJLM, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine; LMIG, Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group; LMRC, Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum; MeSH, medical subject hearing.