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Preventive Medicine and Lifestyle

Preventive Medicine and Lifestyle — Expert Guide

How it begins

Niveles de prevención, determinantes de salud, tamizaje, inmunización y las intervenciones sobre la conducta: nutrición, actividad física, sueño, tabaco, alcohol y manejo del estrés

What it covers

  1. Conceptual Framework of Preventive Medicine
  2. · Prevention Levels
  3. · Natural History of the Disease and Window of Opportunity
  4. · Determinants of Health
  5. Epidemiology and Preventive Decision Metrics
  6. · Effect Measures: RRR, RRA, NNT and NNH
  7. · Specific Bias of Screening Studies
  8. Screening: Principles and Performance
  9. · Wilson and Jungner criteria
  10. · Performance of a Screening Test
  11. Oncological Screening: Established Programs
  12. · Colorectal Cancer
  13. · Breast Cancer
  14. · Cervical Cancer
  15. · Lung Cancer
  16. · Prostate Cancer (shared decision)
  17. · Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  18. Lifestyle Medicine: The Six Pillars
  19. Nutrition and Dietary Pattern
  20. · Mediterranean Diet and DASH
  21. · Components and Mechanisms
  22. · Nutritional Clinical Correlates
  23. · Glycemic Index, Food Chronology, Fasting and Microbiota
  24. Physical Activity and Exercise
  25. · Physiology and Mechanisms of Benefit
  26. · Exercise Prescription (FITT-VP Principle)
  27. · Intensity, HIIT, Strength Training and Sedentary Lifestyle
  28. Obesity and Weight Control
  29. Preventive Cardiometabolic Health
  30. · Metabolic Syndrome (harmonized criteria, ≥3 out of 5)
  31. Sleep as a Preventive Pillar
  32. Smoking and Cessation
  33. · Intervention: the “5 A” Model
  34. Alcohol
  35. Stress Management and Mental Health
  36. Social Connection and Loneliness
  37. Behavior Change
  38. · Transtheoretical Model (Prochaska and DiClemente)
  39. Adult Immunization
  40. Chemoprevention
  41. Photoprotection and Prevention of Skin Cancer
  42. Environmental and Occupational Health
  43. Prevention by Life Stages
  44. The Integrated Preventive Consultation

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Subject
Internal Medicine
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
44
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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