AOHC Encore 2022-236: Lifestyle Medicine in the Workplace

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Video Summary

The video content summarized in the transcript is from a session on Lifestyle Medicine in the Workplace at the AOHC 2020 conference. The presenters include Dr. Seema Sarin, Dr. Nathan Jones, and Valerie Tivnan. The session covers the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine: nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, substance use, and social connection. The presenters discuss the impact of lifestyle medicine on occupational medicine and the benefits it can have on employee health, well-being, and productivity. They provide examples of how companies can implement lifestyle medicine in the workplace, such as creating policies for healthy eating, offering farm-to-table deliveries, and providing healthy vending machine options. They also discuss initiatives for increasing physical activity, such as activity challenges and virtual exercise classes. The presenters emphasize the importance of sleep and offer suggestions for promoting better sleep in the workplace, such as providing education, encouraging mindfulness and relaxation, and offering flexible work schedules. They discuss strategies for managing stress, including creating mindfulness rooms and partnering with mental health companies. The session concludes with a discussion of the importance of cultivating relationships and partnerships, as well as the role of occupational medicine providers in promoting lifestyle medicine in the workplace. Overall, the session highlights the growing field of lifestyle medicine and its potential to improve employee health, reduce healthcare costs, and enhance workplace culture.

Keywords

Lifestyle Medicine in the Workplace

Six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine

Employee health

Well-being

Productivity

Healthy eating policies

Physical activity initiatives

Better sleep in the workplace

Stress management strategies

Occupational medicine providers