Implementing the Health-first Strategy,Promoting the Development of Lifestyle Medicine in China
10.3969/j.issn.1000-3614.2025.01.001
- VernacularTitle:实施健康优先发展战略,推动生活方式医学发展
- Author:
Shengshou HU
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Author Information
1. 中国医学科学院 北京协和医学院 国家心血管病中心 阜外医院 成人外科中心,北京 100037
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health-first strategy;
healthy lifestyle;
lifestyle medicine;
cardiovascular disease;
initiative
- From:
Chinese Circulation Journal
2025;40(1):1-5
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that it is necessary to"implement the health-first strategy and improve the public health system",which is the foundation for promoting the development of China's health services and also points out the development direction of China's health services in the future.Lifestyle medicine is an inevitable choice following the development mode of modern medicine and the change of disease spectrum,and lifestyle intervention is the most effective and economical means of disease prevention.At present,the development of lifestyle medicine in China faces significant challenges,majoring in the following four respects:lack of mechanism researches and evidence-based researches,difficulty to get paid for provided services,shortage of professionals,and lack of effective promotion and popularization measures.In view of this,we propose five major initiatives to promote the popularization of healthy lifestyle:It is recommended to vigorously promote the national healthy lifestyle campaign;It is recommended to set up lifestyle medicine departments in all public hospitals with the potential capacity;It is recommended that all medical schools and medical colleges in China should establish lifestyle medicine majors;It is suggested to cooperate with social forces to promote the development of lifestyle medicine industry;It is recommended to hold the national healthy lifestyle medicine conference.
