Wellness & Lifestyle Science Initiative

The Department of Kinesiology and Health, through the "Lifestyle Science Initiative" collaboration, has designed and implemented educational courses for undergraduate students, graduate students, health professionals, and the general public centralized around a Healthy Lifestyle. The program is shaped using the “Mediterranean lifestyle” as the gold standard.

 

The Mediterranean lifestyle pattern has been recognized over the last decades as one of the healthiest diet and lifestyle patterns (2015 US Dietary Guidelines).

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Through these educational courses you will be able to:

 

a. Get a school-wide, interdisciplinary Graduate/Professional Certificate in “Lifestyle Practice”.

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b. Integrate lifestyle medicine into medical education.

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c. Benefit from experiential learning through courses offered in the Mediterranean region".

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d. Outreach through the CIC to other Big Ten member universities.

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e. Promote continuing/life-long education.

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f. Attend conferences on Healthy Lifestyle.

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g. Get a certification of programs on Healthy Lifestyle concepts (Mediterranean cooking, exercise prescription, stress management, etc.).