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20 MARCH 29, 2024

MAYOR ADAMS COMPLETES CITYWIDE EXPANSION

OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE PROGRAM,

NEW SITE LAUNCHES TODAY IN SOUTH BRONX

Citywide Lifestyle Medicine Program Can Accommodate Nearly 4,000 Patients per Year; Program Provides Patients
Tools to Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes, Including Access to Plant-Based Diet Resources and One-On-One Counseling

OUR BUREAU
NEW YORK, NY
ew York City Mayor Eric
Adams and NYC Health +
NHospitals today announced
its nationally recognized Lifestyle
Medicine Program has launched a
new location at NYC Health + Hos-
pitals/Lincoln, marking the first time
the program is available in the South
Bronx. The program is now active at
seven sites across the five boroughs,
with six new locations previously
launched: NYC Health + Hospitals/
Jacobi in the Bronx; NYC Health
+ Hospitals/Woodhull and NYC
Health + Hospitals/Kings County
in Brooklyn; NYC Health + Hospi-
tals/Elmhurst in Queens; and NYC
Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health,
Vanderbilt on Staten Island. The pilot
program — launched at NYC Health
+ Hospitals/Bellevue in 2019 with
the support of then-Brooklyn Bor-
ough President Adams — has already have seen up close how chronic dis- every borough of the city, gives peo- all over the city, have the tools they
served hundreds of patients. Togeth- ease can hijack your life. My mother ple hope to not just manage their con- need to live long and healthy lives.”
er, the program’s seven sites will serve reversed her Type 2 diabetes thanks dition but potentially bring that con- In addition to the citywide Life-
approximately 4,000 patients each in part to a plant-based diet and life- dition into remission. Thank you to style Medicine expansion, May-
year, providing them with tools and style changes, and a plant-based life- the teams executing this work and for or Adams continues to advance a
support to prevent and manage com- style helped save my life. Pill boxes, doing so with an equity-focused ap- larger strategy around plant-based
mon chronic conditions, such as Type prescriptions, injections, and endless proach tailored to each community.” nutrition and further integration of
2 diabetes and high blood pressure. appointments should not define the “I am so excited to celebrate the Lifestyle Medicine into health care
The Lifestyle Medicine Pro- lives of New Yorkers. Now, families city’s latest lifestyle medicine site,” more broadly. In December 2022,
gram’s team supports patients in in the South Bronx, and across New said Mayor’s Office of Food Policy Mayor Adams announced a partner-
making evidence-based lifestyle York City, will have access to the care Executive Director Kate MacKenzie. ship with the Mayor’s Office and the
changes, including a healthful plant- they need. New York City is leading “The evidence is clear that lifestyle American College of Lifestyle Medi-
based diet, increased physical ac- the nation by expanding these life- medicine programming is helping pa- cine to offer every health care prac-
tivity, improved sleep habits, stress style medicine programs, and, to- tients treat chronic and diet-related titioner across New York City free
reduction, avoidance of substance gether, we are building a healthier, diseases. Core tenets of the program, foundational training in the princi-
use, and stronger social connections. more prosperous future for all.” such as produce ‘prescriptions’ and ples of lifestyle medicine, with a par-
Adults living with prediabetes, Type 2 “We all have a loved one, fam- nutrition counseling are also helping ticular focus on plant-based nutrition.
diabetes, high blood pressure, heart ily member, colleague, or friend combat nutrition insecurity in our city. Additionally, in June 2023, Mayor
disease, or health concerns related that has a diet-related chronic con- This fantastic addition to the Mott Adams advanced a resolution at the
to excess weight are eligible to enroll. dition like heart disease or Type 2 Haven community of this program U.S. Conference of Mayors that was
“Today, we are again sending a diabetes,” said Deputy Mayor for at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln adopted and detailed the adminis-
clear message that New York City Health and Human Services Anne demonstrates our administration’s tration’s work across school food,
will not stand by and keep feeding Williams-Isom. “That’s why today’s fierce commitment to equitable ac- the Lifestyle Medicine Program ex-
the chronic disease crisis,” said May- announcement is so remarkable; our cess to health care and to ensuring pansion, and in-patient plant-based
or Adams. “This is personal for me: I Lifestyle Medicine Program, now in that New Yorkers in the Bronx, and meals at city run hospitals.

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