The Reversibility of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Medicine

John Kelly, MD, MPH, LM Specialist | Micaela Karlsen, PhD, MSPH

November 12, 2020


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Description: Join us for this special edition webinar as founding ACLM president and lead faculty of the Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Medicine Course, John Kelly, MD, MPH, LM Specialist, guides us through the newly published ACLM Position Statement on Type 2 Diabetes Remission and Lifestyle Medicine. We will also examine the ADA definitions and criteria for various levels of remission as well as share the evidence-based research that supports the notion that type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance is reversible. Micaela Karlsen, PhD, MSPH, Director of Research for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine will lead us through the next steps towards advancing the use of Lifestyle Medicine practice to treat and reverse type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance as well as research in the field. We will end the webinar with live Q&A discussion.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the definitions and criteria for various levels of type 2 diabetes remission as published in the ADA Diabetes Care Journal.
2. Examine the evidence-based research that establishes that type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance is reversible.
3. Summarize the ACLM Position Statement on Type 2 Diabetes Remission and Lifestyle Medicine.
4. Discuss next steps in advancing the use of Lifestyle Medicine practices to treat and reverse type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance as well as research in the field. 

Speakers Bios:
John Kelly, MD, MPH, LM Specialist
Lead Faculty @Reversing Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin Resistance with Lifestyle Medicine
Dr. Kelly completed his undergraduate studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, graduating Summa Cum Laude as a McMurran Scholar. He completed the Dual MD/MPH Degree Program at Loma Linda in Epidemiology with honors. He is trained in Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine (LM), and has done private and government-funded research in LM. He was founding President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), co-authored ACLM’s Official Board Review Course in LM, co-chairs ACLM’s Expert Panel, served as lead faculty for ACLM’s “Reversing Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes with LM” course, and serves as adjunct faculty at Loma Linda University. He currently teaches LM using leading-edge intensive LM training programs in various locations.
 
Micaela Karlsen, PhD, MSPH
Director of Research @American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Micaela Karlsen, PhD, MSPH serves as Director of Research for the ACLM. She is a co-investigator on the Adhering to Dietary Approaches for Personal Taste (ADAPT) Study from Tufts University and also Adjunct Faculty for the University of New England Master’ Programs in Applied Nutrition and Global Public Health. Dr. Karlsen is the author of A Plant-Based Life and a contributor to the New York Times bestseller Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health. She created and maintains PlantBasedResearch.org, an online library of original, peer-reviewed research studies relevant to plant-based nutrition. Her expertise is in dietary patterns, plant-based nutrition and nutritional adequacy, and predictors of successful behavior change. She holds a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a Masters degree in Human Nutrition from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. She lives near Ithaca, NY with her husband and their 2 children.