OZARK CENTER FOR LIFESTYLE MEDICINE
• Advancing Health Through Healthy Living •
The Ozark Center for Lifestyle Medicine (OCLM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, professional health care organization serving Arkansas. Our mission is to empower you to define and achieve your health goals through personal, effective, and sustainable lifestyle practices.
• LIFESTYLE MEDICINE •
Lifestyle medicine uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches, such as a whole-food, plant-predominant dietary lifestyle, regular physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, and avoiding the use of risky substances as first-line modalities to treat, reverse, and prevent chronic disease.
Lifestyle medicine can treat and prevent chronic diseases.
Our Approach
Personalized
Multifaceted
Foundational
Comprehensive
Our Philosophy
True health care is caring for your health — nurturing your body with the food, physical activity, sleep, relationships, and equanimity that allow it to thrive. It’s never too late to begin engaging the powerful forces of prevention — one bite, one step, one smile at a time.
• Addressing the Root Causes of Disease •
Lifestyle Medicine doesn’t just treat illness…
It improves your WELL-BEING
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Better Sleep
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More Energy
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Improved Mood
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Increased Resilience
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." ~Michelangelo
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." ~Michelangelo
The six pillars of lifestyle medicine:
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Optimal Nutrition
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Physical Activity
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Restorative Sleep
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Stress Management
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Connectedness
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6.
Risky Substance Avoidance
We offer:
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Cooking Classes
Ready to fall in love with healthy cooking? Discover mouth-watering recipes designed to nourish and heal.
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Group Sessions
Enjoy being around others?
Group sessions offer the support and encouragement of others facing similar health challenges. -
Retreats
Ready to invest in yourself?
Our wellness retreats offer dedicated time and space to hone your health goals and start building lasting change. -
Community Outreach
Through community events, potluck dinners, partnerships and more, OCLM is bringing the power of Lifestyle Medicine to Northwest Arkansas.
