FAQs

Lifestyle Medicine is a medical specialty defined by ACLM as “the evidence-based practice of helping individuals and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviors that affect health and quality of life.”

Lifestyle Medicine is meant to work alongside your primary care visits. While primary care often focuses on diagnosing conditions, managing medications, and addressing immediate health concerns, Lifestyle Medicine spends more time helping you understand the daily habits and root causes that affect your health, such as nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and social support.

Our visits allow for deeper conversations, goal-setting, and ongoing support to help you make changes that are realistic, sustainable, and tailored to your life.

People of all ages seeking to improve:

• Diabetes, prediabetes, or insulin resistance
• Hypertension
• Heart disease
• Obesity/metabolic syndrome
• Low energy or poor sleep
• Stress and burnout
• Mood and emotional wellbeing
• Chronic pain or inflammation

Most patients come through referral from a UCLA provider, though self-referral may be possible depending on insurance.

Your clinician will review:

• Medical history
• Lifestyle habits (nutrition, movement, sleep, stress)
• Barriers you’re experiencing
• Your goals and values

You’ll develop a personalized action plan grounded in science and tailored to your life.

Group visits or shared medical appointments combine clinical care, education, and peer support.

Come as you are. If you have them, any notes about your eating, activity, sleep, and health goals. Journals or tracking apps and wearable data are welcome but not required.

No. We do not promote extreme or restrictive diets.
We focus on sustainable, culturally relevant, whole-food nutrition.

We prioritize metabolic health, energy, and wellbeing. Weight may improve as a result of healthier habits—not as the primary metric.

Most major insurance plans; coverage varies by program.

Your plan will be tailored to your reality—no matter your schedule, resources, or barriers.

Visits are typically 4-6 times a year or monthly, this will vary based on the plan that is created with your provider.

Yes. Research shows lifestyle interventions can prevent, treat, and even reverse many chronic diseases.

Referral, phone call, or myUCLAhealth—depending on your location.