Type 2 diabetes affects over 37 million Americans — but what if our standard treatment paradigm is all wrong?In this episode, Dr. Meagan Grega shares the science and strategy behind lifestyle medicine, a fast-growing movement that uses food, sleep, movement, stress reduction, and social connection to treat and even reverse chronic disease.Dr. Grega is the co-author of the first-ever Clinical Practice Guideline on Lifestyle Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes and a lead author of ACLM’s Expert Consensus Statement on lifestyle medicine in primary care. She co-founded the Kellyn Foundation, where she helps families across Pennsylvania access fresh food, grow gardens, change lifestyle and improve their health together.You’ll learn:How fat in your muscles causes insulin resistance — and how to reverse itWhat makes behavior change stickWhy doctors don’t prescribe lifestyle medicine — and how that’s changingHow community-based programs and school gardens are transforming livesNew Clinical Guidelines and Expert Consensus on treating diabetes with lifestyle interventions📚 Resources:Free CME course: https://lifestylemedicine.org/education-certification/course-catalog/Kellyn Foundation: https://www.kellyn.org/Dr. Grega’s TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efGa8QD8pU4ACLM Clinical Practice Guideline: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ajla/19/2_supplACLM Expert Consensus Statement: Lifestyle Medicine for Optimal Outcomes in Primary Care: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15598276231202970Follow Biomedical Frontiers for more: 📸 Instagram: @biomedicalfrontiers 🔗LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uvacoulter 📧 Reach us: [email protected] Love this podcast? Write to us with feedback or guest recommendations!Production Team: Director & Host: Dasha Tyshlek, StratCraft www.strat-craft.com Executive Producer: David Chen, Managing Director & Instructor of Engineering Design Senior Producer: Hannah Moore, Associate Director, UVA Coulter Design DirectorProduced on behalf of: Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at University of Virginia

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