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Toward a roadmap for addressing today's health dilemma-The 101-statement consensus report
Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne), Vol.12, 1676080
2025
PMID: 41425620
Abstract
Importance
In recent decades there has been an expansion in the quantity and quality of scientific findings and guidelines on different health topics to promote individual and public health status. Reports also indicate that there has been a simultaneous increase in the financial burden of disease, including trillions spent on healthcare resources by governments worldwide (predominantly in developing countries) to address health concerns. At the same time, personal health behavior is well-known as efficient and cost-free, holding four times the potential to prevent early death compared to health care. Despite this knowledge, data show that the increasing prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles and the associated chronic diseases, especially in Western societies, still need to be controlled. This circumstance exemplifies today‘s global health dilemma, which alarms the inadequacy of ongoing efforts to address the existing health concerns worldwide.
Setting, insights, and observations
Three international, multidisciplinary, and inter-university events (two scientific conferences and one tertiary education symposium) were held in Austria (Innsbruck) between 2020 and 2022 to discourse, discuss, and debate these concerns. Two hundred eighty-four experts from 76 universities, organizations, and stakeholders spanning 31 nations and five continents participated in this international research and knowledge exchange to address today's global health dilemma. The latest scientific findings were discussed to develop practical strategies for improving lifestyle behavior and focus on the dual “Healthy Eating & Active Living” approach as a minimum recommendation for sustainable lifelong health and care. The expert panel debated crucial research priorities and future policies, identified gaps and untapped potential in basic health approaches that have been grossly neglected, and approved the evidence-based 101 consensus statements presented.
Conclusions and relevance
These endeavors aim to develop novel and effective interventions that address the needs of individuals and communities and promote optimal health status.
Highlights
• To address the global health dilemma of increasing non-communicable (chronic) diseases despite growing advances in health science and healthcare budgets, it is the consensus of the panel of experts that the power of Lifestyle Medicine has the potential to significantly contribute to the “Prevention First” appeal. The dual approach to sustainable and lifelong health—“Healthy Eating & Active Living”—is the minimum recommendation inclusive of every individual for better public health.
• To maximize health benefits for all, the permanent linkage of “Healthy Eating” is, at best, whole food plant-predominant, preferably vegetarian/vegan, and “Active Living” is, at best, daily and outdoors/in nature.
• This consensus statement aligns with the current trend towards de-medicalized and more holistic, personalized approaches to health and well-being, focusing on sustainable preventative policies.
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- Title
- Toward a roadmap for addressing today's health dilemma-The 101-statement consensus report
- Authors/Creators
- Katharina C Wirnitzer - Department of Sport Science, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaAndrew Knight - Griffith UniversityMohamad Motevalli - Department of Sport Science, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaDerrick R Tanous - University College of Teacher Education TyrolClemens Drenowatz - University of Education Upper AustriaMaximilian Moser - Human Research Institute, Weiz, AustriaHolger Cramer - Bosch Health CampusThomas Rosemann - University of ZurichKarl-Heinz Wagner - University of ViennaAndreas Michalsen - Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBeat Knechtle - MedbaseZlatko Fras - University of LjubljanaMerel Ritskes-Hoitinga - Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkAdilson Marques - Arturo Prat UniversityNataša Fidler Mis - Independent Researcher, Ljubljana, SloveniaFatima C Stanford - Harvard Medical SchoolChristian Schubert - Innsbruck Medical UniversityNandu Goswami - Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health SciencesClaus Leitzmann - Justus Liebig UniversityPer Morten Fredriksen - University of Inland NorwayGerhard Ruedl - Department of Sport Science, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaDoris Wilflingseder - Ignaz Semmelweis Institute, Interuniversity Institute for Infection Research, Vetmeduni Vienna, Vienna, AustriaRodrigo A Lima - CIBERSAM, Madrid, SpainChristian Kessler - Department of Internal Medicine and Nature-Based Therapies, Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Berlin, GermanyMichael Jeitler - Bosch Health CampusNaim A Khan - Université de BourgogneHassan Joulaei - Shiraz University of Medical SciencesMaryam Fatemi - Shiraz University of Medical SciencesKarl W Kratky - University of ViennaKara K Palmer - University of MichiganBernd Haditsch - Gesundheit ÖsterreichBostjan Jakse - Kranj School CentreWalter Kofler - Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaTomas Pfeiffer - Professional Chamber Sanator - the Union of Biotronicists of Josef Zezulka, Prague, CzechiaKathya Cordova-Pozo - Radboud University NijmegenPatrizia Tortella - Università degli Studi di Enna KoreSimon Straub - Tirol KlinikenHeidi Lynch - Point Loma Nazarene UniversityManuel Schätzer - Special Institute for Preventive Cardiology and Nutrition (SIPCAN), Salzburg, AustriaAnupama Krishnan - Kerala University of Health SciencesShahnaz Fathima A - Kerala University of Health SciencesLukas Gatterer - Universitätsklinikum St. PöltenFabian Kriwan - Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Innsbruck/Tirol Kliniken GmbH, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaMittal Abhishek - Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung HospitalHemant Nandgaonkar - King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical CollegeShalaka Nandgaonkar - Occupational Therapy, Hands On Therapy Concepts Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, IndiaAbiola O Adedara - Institute of Human VirologyJosep M Haro - Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de DéuCorina Gericke - Doctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE), Bergisch Gladbach, GermanyGaby Neumann - Doctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE), Bergisch Gladbach, GermanyAysha Akhtar - Center for Contemporary Sciences (CCS), Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesAmir Rashidlamir - Ferdowsi University of MashhadMadan Thangavelu - University of CambridgeGonza B Ngoumou - Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinÉva Perpék - Centre for Social SciencesMichael Klaper - Moving Medicine Forward, Medical School Nutrition Education Initiative, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesBhaswati Bhattacharya - Cornell UniversityWerner Kirschner - Department of Sport Science, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaKathelijne M H H Bessems - Maastricht UniversityPeter Jones - National Health ServiceGregory Peoples - University of WollongongRaul Bescos - University of PlymouthChristina Duftner - Department for Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaGeorg Seifert - Instituto de Terapia Integrada e Oriental
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne), Vol.12, 1676080
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Number of pages
- 34
- Identifiers
- 991005840053807891
- Copyright
- © 2025 Wirnitzer, Motevalli, Tanous, Drenowatz, Moser, Cramer, Rosemann, Wagner, Michalsen, Knechtle, Fras, Ritskes-Hoitinga, Marques, Mis, Stanford, Schubert, Goswami, Leitzmann, Fredriksen, Ruedl, Wilflingseder, Lima, Kessler, Jeitler, Khan, Joulaei, Fatemi, Knight, Kratky, Palmer, Haditsch, Jakse, Kofler, Pfeiffer, Cordova-Pozo, Tortella, Straub, Lynch, Schätzer, Krishnan, Fathima A., Gatterer, Kriwan, Abhishek, Nandgaonkar, Nandgaonkar, Adedara, Haro, Gericke, Neumann, Akhtar, Rashidlamir, Thangavelu, Ngoumou, Perpék, Klaper, Bhattacharya, Kirschner, Bessems, Jones, Peoples, Bescos, Duftner and Seifert.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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