Blue Zones And Aclm Launch Certification Empowering Clinicians To Promote Longevity And Well-being

Blue Zones and nan American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) coming launched nan "Blue Zones Certification Course for Physicians and Health Professionals." The caller certification recognizes clinicians pinch nan knowledge and devices to beforehand longevity, well-being, and wellness equity-both successful nan exam room and successful their communities.

The certification integrates Blue Zones' evidence-based roadmap to surviving amended and longer, rooted successful their recognition of and investigation from nan world's longest-lived and happiest cultures-the bluish zones regions-with ACLM's expertise successful therapeutic manner interventions. Lifestyle medicine is simply a aesculapian specialty that utilizes optimal nutrition, regular beingness activity, restorative sleep, accent management, connectedness, and nan avoidance of risky substances to treat, reverse, and forestall chronic diseases, specified as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

The online people is organized into modules that statesman by introducing participants to nan bluish zones regions and nan Power 9® principles-the manner habits identified by Blue Zones laminitis Dan Buettner and his investigation squad arsenic being shared by nan world's longest-lived people. Subsequent modules research Blue Zones' environment-first attack to wellness and longevity, applying Blue Zones principles successful communities, organizations, and into diligent care. The last 2 modules situation participants to personally believe Blue Zones manner habits, service arsenic changemakers, and thief thrust organization transformation.

The creation of nan "Blue Zones-Certified Physician" and "Blue Zones-Certified Health Professional" designations is simply a important milestone successful nan world effect business formed past twelvemonth by ACLM and Blue Zones to reside nan unsustainable load of chronic disease.

Blue Zones has proven that you tin amended organization wellness extracurricular session walls by redesigning nan places and systems successful which group walk nan astir time. Lifestyle medicine has proven that evidence-based manner interventions-like nutrition, movement, sleep, and accent management-can prevent, treat, and moreover reverse chronic diseases. This certification bridges our environment-first attack pinch medicine. When you converge 'care of nan patient' pinch 'health of nan public,' you don't conscionable dainty aliases reverse disease, you tin forestall it astatine scale."

Ben Leedle, CEO of Blue Zones and Co-founder of Blue Zones Project®

To go a "Blue Zones-Certified Physician" aliases "Blue Zones-Certified Health Professional," clinicians must first gain manner medicine committee certification. In nan U.S., physicians are certified by nan American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM) while ACLM certifies eligible wellness professionals. Outside nan U.S., nan International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM) is nan certification assemblage for physicians and eligible wellness professionals.

Clinicians who execute Blue Zones certification not only deepen their knowledge and skills but besides use from Blue Zones' world marque recognition. Patients tin consciousness assured knowing they are receiving attraction rooted successful nan Blue Zones principles, while clinicians summation visibility for their Blue Zones Certification done ACLM's searchable database of certified manner medicine clinicians. Clinicians tin besides use Blue Zones principles successful their ain lives to support their well-being and resilience.

"Clinicians who execute Blue Zones Certification will guidelines retired successful their communities arsenic leaders successful nan activity to toggle shape healthcare from a strategy of 'sick care' to 1 of existent wellness restoration," said ACLM President Padmaja Patel, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, CPE. "This certification affirms their committedness to evidence-based, lifestyle-first approaches, while besides providing them pinch nan visibility, credibility, and marque nickname that helps fortify nan spot of patients, colleagues, and wellness systems alike."

Since nan manner medicine certification exam was first offered successful 2017, nan number of certified physicians and wellness professionals has grown quickly to much than 8,000 worldwide. On average, much than 900 further clinicians are certified each year. Growth successful caller years has accelerated moreover further to astir 3 times faster betwixt 2023 and 2025, underscoring nan accelerated take of manner medicine crossed nan healthcare landscape. A grounds 1,728 individuals registered for nan 2025 exam. The 2026 exam will beryllium offered Nov. 21 to Dec. 6.

"The maturation of manner medicine has been thing short of extraordinary, and nan preamble of Blue Zones Certification builds connected that momentum," said Blue Zones Certification Course Lead Faculty Michelle Tollefson, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, FACOG. "This caller certification pathway gives clinicians applicable devices to widen their effect good beyond nan exam room-into families, workplaces, and communities-while reinforcing nan captious domiciled of manner interventions successful treating, reversing, and preventing chronic disease."

The Blue Zones–ACLM Fellows Program is presently successful improvement and will connection deeper and much specialized training successful manner medicine principles aligned pinch nan Blue Zones accuracy and research.