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(MD, PhD)
Dr. James Rippe
JAMES M. RIPPE, M.D.
Dr. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School with post graduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Professor of Medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School.
Over the past 30 years Dr. Rippe has established and run the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short and long-term health and quality of life. This organization, Rippe Lifestyle Institute (RLI), has published hundreds of papers that form the scientific basis for the fields of lifestyle medicine risk factor reduction and high performance health. Rippe Lifestyle Institute also conducts numerous studies every year on physical activity, nutrition and healthy weight management. Dr. Rippe has written over 500 academic papers and abstracts and written or edited 60 books including 33 for health care professionals and 27 for the general public.
A lifelong and avid athlete Dr. Rippe maintains his personal fitness with a regular walk, jog, swimming and weight training program. He holds a black belt in karate and is an avid windsurfer, skier and tennis player. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, television news anchor Stephanie Hart and their four children, Hart, Jaelin, Devon and Jamie.
Lifestyle Medicine Past, Present and Future: Opportunities in Korea
학습목표(Learning Objectives)
Identify the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and the foundational science that supports each of them.
Identify current status of health issues in the population in of related to the six pillars of lifestyle medicine.
Identify current and future opportunities to improve the health of the Korean population utilizing lifestyle medicine strategies.
초록(Abstract)
An enormous opportunity exists to develop the field of lifestyle medicine and obtain its multiple benefits not only in Korea, but throughout the world. The World Health Organization has estimated that 74% of all mortality worldwide comes from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The underlying risk factors for these include lack of physical activity, obesity, poor nutritional habits, cigarette smoking and other uses of tobacco, excessive alcohol consumption and other risky substances, stress, and lack of connections to other people. Many of these risk factors are currently present in Korea. Many of these risk factors can be ameliorated through the use of lifestyle medicine modalities and bring enormous benefit to the people of Korea and throughout the world. This presentation will focus on the relatively short past history of lifestyle medicine, current status and opportunities for the future with specific reference to Korea.