Organizational culture and performance rely heavily on its C-suite and executive management teams. That is why more than $60 billion is spent globally on executive leadership programs. But while much money and attention are being poured into leadership programs, the value of executive health remains often overlooked.

Few things frustrate physicians in a clinical setting more than watching patients continue the same avoidable, unhealthy lifesetyle behaviors that drive the exact chronic diseases we are trying to treat.

That was by far the common refrain I heard this month at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) annual conference in Denver. More than 3200 physicians, health professionals, and health system leaders attended in person or virtually to learn how to incorporate lifestyle medicine into their practices and help patients prevent, treat, and potentially reverse chronic disease.

It goes without saying that exercise is a powerful tool for health. Exercise levels directly impact health outcomes and longevity, and health professionals typically provide lifestyle counsel that “some exercise is better than none” or a recommendation to walk 30 minutes 3 days a week.

As a cardiologist and lifestyle medicine physician, it doesn’t take long for someone in social or professional circles to pin me on a recommendation for the “best diet.”

In traditional medical circles, there can be a discrediting attitude around the topic of mind-body medicine and the role of stress in physical ailments.

Whether it is the public, healthcare practitioners, or those in healthcare systems or organizations, it’s hard to find someone who isn’t lamenting a broken healthcare system and the need for transformation.

Practicing medicine remains enormously fulfilling in many ways. A patient looking you in the eye and thanking you for providing care that transformed their health and life validates the reasons we chose a profession dedicated to healing others.

A new generation of medications designed to help individuals lose weight is in the news and stirring considerable debate within medical, insurer, and employer circles. Indeed, these drugs show striking results compared with weight loss drugs of the past.

Healthcare is evolving rapidly. As clinicians strive to provide the kind of care that drew them to medicine in the first place, they are facing the need for new knowledge and tools to navigate the changing business models of medicine.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for US men and women, but a powerful tool available to help treat and reverse the trajectory of cardiovascular disease remains significantly underutilized and might even be a model of care to treat other chronic diseases.

The historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health was an invigorating experience full of innovative ideas and ambitious goals to end hunger in America by 2030. The White House unveiled a strategy and an impressive $8 billion in public-private commitments to help millions of people.

Early in her career, Cate Collings studied and worked in exercise physiology in a lab, testing Olympic athletes one day and cardiac patients the next. Between the two, the remarkable recovery of cardiac patients through exercise fascinated her the most.

A healthy lifestyle can help you live longer — and better. But what exactly is a healthy lifestyle? Does it mean the same thing for everyone? How do the choices you make every day affect your health now and for years to come?