The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey #384 Lifestyle Medicine: Simple Changes, Better Health with Dan Bunstone
In this episode of The Business of Healthcare, Tara is joined by Dr Dan Bunstone, Chief Medical Officer, Doctor and Health Consultant with a passion for health tech and proactive care, focusing on enhancing healthspan, not just lifespan. Tara and Dan discuss how small, realistic changes can have a meaningful impact on our health and wellbeing.
Tara and Dan also discuss their Every Move Counts initiative, which aims to get want to get 1 million health and care professionals moving more across the entire system, feeling better, and doing it together. From walking the dog to running an ultramarathon, the message is simple: find something you enjoy, make it part of your routine and run your own race.
In this episode, they discuss:
- What lifestyle medicine means and why simple changes can make a big difference
- Why consistency is more important than trying to be perfect
- Making exercise part of your routine and protecting time for it
- Practical approaches to improving sleep, movement and diet
- The difference between lifespan and healthspan
- Why mobility, strength and cardiovascular fitness matter as we get older
- How Every Move Counts is encouraging health and care professionals to move more
- The importance of finding activities you enjoy and, as Dan puts it, 'run your own race'.
Visit Dan's website here or email Dan here.
Find out more about the Every Move Counts initiative here.