Dr. Tuyen Van Duong
Featured Speech: Lifestyle Medicine During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
Biography:
Assistant Professor, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Vice-President, Asian Health Literacy Association, United Kingdom
Chair, Nutrition Health Literacy Interest Group, International Health Literacy Association, United States
Dr. Duong has run a number of research projects in Asian countries, and published 43 original research articles on 25 ISI journals. He has been serving as an Associate Editor of Specialty Section – Eating Behavior on Frontiers in Nutrition and Frontiers in Psychology, a Guest Editor of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, a reviewer of 32 international journals. Dr. Duong has received 14 honorable academic awards from national and international organizations from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States, and Vietnam.
Abstract:
Lifestyle has been changed significantly amidst the COVID-19 pandemic which further affect the health outcomes. Lifestyle has been recognized and acknowledged as an essential prevention strategy for health promotion, as a foundational and efficacious therapy for a renovated healthcare system for lowering costs, improving health outcomes, and improving patient satisfaction and quality of life.
There are six core healthy lifestyles to improve health including (1) Nutrition - An Evidence-Based, Practical Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment, (2) Physical Activity, (3) Stress Management, (4) Sleep and Health, (5) Avoidance of Risky Substances: Steps to Help Patients Reduce Anxiety, Overeating and Smoking, (6) Positive Social Connection: A Key Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine.
In our studies, health-related behaviors were found as predictors and modifiers of physical and mental health and quality of life in healthcare workers, students, and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, the strategies to get stakeholders come together to amplify healthy lifestyle promotion, education, and interventions are also presented.
Dr. Tuyen Van Duong
Lifestyle has been changed significantly amidst the COVID-19 pandemic which further affect the health outcomes. Lifestyle has been recognized and acknowledged as an essential prevention strategy for health promotion, as a foundational and efficacious therapy for a renovated healthcare system for lowering costs, improving health outcomes, and improving patient satisfaction and quality of life.
There are six core healthy lifestyles to improve health including (1) Nutrition - An Evidence-Based, Practical Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment, (2) Physical Activity, (3) Stress Management, (4) Sleep and Health, (5) Avoidance of Risky Substances: Steps to Help Patients Reduce Anxiety, Overeating and Smoking, (6) Positive Social Connection: A Key Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine.
In our studies, health-related behaviors were found as predictors and modifiers of physical and mental health and quality of life in healthcare workers, students, and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, the strategies to get stakeholders come together to amplify healthy lifestyle promotion, education, and interventions are also presented.