The European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) is a scientific, medical organization based in Geneva, Switzerland dedicated to research, prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and lifestyle related diseases promoting evidence-based medicine.

ELMO’s Mission
To improve life expectancy and quality of life reducing the burden of chronic diseases in Europe.

We do this by:

• Promoting evidence-based medicine for research and clinical application & education to raise awareness.
• The annual congress
• The online lifestyle certification program
• The ELMO lifestyle medicine podcast
• The ELMO e-book on lifestyle medicine

// What is Lifestyle Medicine

Lifestyle medicine is a branch of medicine which has as its goal to maintain optimal health and to prevent, treat and reverse chronic illness across all life stages. The health interventions used in lifestyle medicine include evidence based behavioural strategies, while considering equity and sustainability, to enhance self-management skills for optimizing nutrition, sleep hygiene, stress management, social connection, sexual health and fertility, physical activity and minimizing substance use and environmental exposures.

• Nutrition
• Physical activity
• Sleep hygiene
• Stress management
• Substance use
• Sexual health & fertility
• Social connection
• Environmental exposure