The Society of Lifestyle Medicine of Nigeria (SOLONg) and other stakeholders have tasked the Federal Government and other stakeholders to develop a National Diabetes Prevention Program. It advised the government at national and state levels to sponsor and support health research in the area of Lifestyle medicine to provide statistics to prove the efficacy of Lifestyle medicine and foster lifestyle changes among Nigerians. Besides, the communique said the government at national and state levels should support the establishment of lifestyle medicine clinics in the hospitals to promote research and documentation of lifestyle medicine practices. It called on government and relevant educational regulatory bodies to implement the inclusion of Lifestyle medicine modules to undergraduate and postgraduate study programs in health; while Clinicians should also engage in continuing lifestyle medicine training programs. The association also called on national and subnational governments along with collaborators in the community to uplift the message of Lifestyle medicine by providing and promoting

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 26, 2019 17:15 UTC