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Review
. 2017 Mar 23;11(5):408-413.
doi: 10.1177/1559827617698091. eCollection 2017 Sep-Oct.

The Art and Science of Group Visits in Lifestyle Medicine

Elizabeth Pegg Frates  1   2   3   4 , Elizabeth C Morris  1   2   3   4 , Deepa Sannidhi  1   2   3   4 , Wayne S Dysinger  1   2   3   4
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Review

The Art and Science of Group Visits in Lifestyle Medicine

Elizabeth Pegg Frates et al. Am J Lifestyle Med. .

Abstract

Lifestyle medicine group sessions present a promising approach to clinical care. Based on decades of work in shared medical appointments and group visits for diabetes and other chronic conditions, a lifestyle medicine group session has the potential to provide a fresh and rewarding way of interacting with patients that fuels the practitioner and feeds patients' needs to spend time with the lifestyle medicine practitioner, connect with him or her, connect with others, learn the latest recommendations regarding healthy habits, practice these behaviors, and discuss their obstacles, motivations, and strategies for healthy living. The lifestyle medicine group session discussed in this article is a combination of group coaching, education, and group support.

Keywords: Group visits; coaching; counseling; group support; lifestyle.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Five-step cycle in the coaching model.a aFrates et al; reprinted with permission.
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