Medicine evolves by leaps and bounds and also make the most necessary specialties. A recently published article refers to the 5 new specialties in the USA. UU.: Immunooncology, Lifestyle Medicine, Nocturnists, Clinical Informatics and Virtualist Medicine. The current and future demand for these new specialties is increasing. Why Lifestyle Medicine has come to stay as an attractive new specialty of the present and the future?  About 80% of health care costs are related to chronic diseases, and 80% of chronic diseases are related to lifestyle choices. This is a powerful argument for specialists in lifestyle medicine. The choice of a patient's food and diet, exercise, sleep, stress levels and the ability to relate to others are under the reach of a medical specialist in lifestyle medicine. Lifestyle Medicine deals with all aspects of a person's life. Primary care and family medicine ar...

La medicina evoluciona a pasos agigantados y también lo hacen las especialidades mas necesarias. Un articulo recientemente publicado hace referencia a las 5 nuevas especialidades en USA: Inmunooncologia, Medicina de Estilo de Vida, Nocturnistas, Informática Clínica y Medico Virtualista. La demanda actual y futura de estas nuevas especialidades va en aumento. ¿Por que Medicina de Estilo de Vida ha llegado para quedarse como una atractiva y nueva especialidad del presente y del futuro?  Alrededor del 80% de los costos de atención medica están relacionados con enfermedades crónicas, y el 80% de las enfermedades crónicas están relacionadas con las opciones del estilo de vida. Esto constituye un poderoso argumento para los especialistas en medicina de estilo de vida. La elección de los alimentos de un paciente y su dieta, el ejercicio, el sueño, los niveles de estrés y l...

The Closing Ceremony and Awarding of Diplomas of the First International Course of Specialization in  Lifestyle  Medicine:  Lifestyle  Medicine  Fundamentals,  with  a  Focus  on  Primary  Health  Care,  organized by the Chair of Lifestyle Medicine of the Universidad Ricardo Palma in collaboration with the Latin American Lifestyle Medicine Association, was held with great satisfaction.

It is a pleasure to start the year 2022 with the special edition of the first issue of our journal dedicated to "Lifestyle Medicine in Latin America". The growth of this new medical discipline at a global level, considered as the seventh era of public health, with a level of scientific evidence that positions it as one of the areas of greatest production and publications at an international level. Only in PubMed there are more than 60 thousand indexed articles.