This #NationalNutritionMonth, we are focusing on empowering the community to make informed food choices and cultivate healthy eating habits along with incorporating physical activity into your daily routine. Lifestyle medicine, a specialized field, utilizes evidence-based therapeutic lifestyle interventions. This approach addresses—and can even help reverse—chronic conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and obesity. With locations across eastern North Carolina, ECU Health Lifestyle Medicine offers a team-based approach, applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine— a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern; physical activity; restorative sleep; stress management; avoidance of risky substances; and positive social connections. For more information and to take proactive steps toward a healthier lifestyle, contact the ECU Health Lifestyle Medicine Clinic today at 252-847-9908 or visit ecuhealth.org/lifestylemedicine.