Join us for BSLM2021 our fifth lifestyle medicine conference dedicated to the art and science of healthy longevity.
This year’s British Society of Lifestyle Medicine conference takes place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from September 2nd – 4th.
Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has never been a greater need for lifestyle medicine. People with chronic health conditions have been at much greater risk from the virus, and lifestyle medicine offers hope that we can build resilience in our populations against this and future communicative disease threats.
Once again we will be bringing you leading figures from the global lifestyle medicine community, including experts from healthcare and medicine, academia, public health and scientific research.
Our collective goal is to transform healthcare, exploring new approaches to the prevention, treatment, management and reversal of chronic disease.
There really is no conference quite like this in the UK, one which brings together clinicians, scientists, researchers, health professionals and also patients.
Over a packed three-day programme we will be bringing you expert speakers covering all the key elements of the lifestyle medicine approach including:
- Covid-19 and lifestyle medicine – how we can address the “third wave” of chronic conditions neglected during the pandemic
- Diet and nutrition
- Physical activity
- Stress, mental health, social connectedness and wellbeing
- Sleep
- Group consultations and virtual group consultations – and their potential to meet pent up healthcare needs in the UK
- Population health improvement, public health and behaviour change
- The social determinants of health and health inequalities
- Health, the environment and “planetary health”
All interspersed with some fun activities to keep us moving!
Despite the current challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic we are committed to hosting a ‘real world’ conference this year. With the current ambitious roll out of a Covid-19 vaccine programme we are as confident as we can be that restrictions will have been lifted by the end of the summer enough to allow events such as our conference to go ahead.
We are hopeful that the timing of the conference will allow safe socialising – which is so crucial if we are to reconnect with others. If covid circumstances permit we hope we can re-ignite your important social connections in the world of lifestyle medicine with an in-person event’
Our first ever virtual event was a huge success last September – and we want to bring some of the benefits of this approach to our conference in Edinburgh.
So as well as being able to buy tickets to attend in person we will also be ‘live streaming’ content for those unable to come to Edinburgh.
So join us in person or from the comfort of your own living room – this year the choice is yours.
