About the instructor
Dr. Ioan Hanes is a medical doctor who lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. He is a clinical practitioner in lifestyle medicine, working in the Military Hospital where he works as a certified medical nutritionist. He is also a clinical sexologist and medical expertise physician. He completed different lifestyle medicine related courses in the USA and Belgium. He has a strong interest in the field of sexual health and lifestyle medicine, a chapter which is developed only for the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate but he is also teaching it in English in the online MSc in Lifestyle Medicine of the University of Thessaly, Greece. Dr Hanes is one of the co-coordinators of the first European Lifestyle Medicine Book. His multicultural background is reflected by the five languages he speaks fluently: English, French, Romanian, Hungarian and Dutch. He is the founder and president of the “Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization” (BELMO).
Tips
Week 1
What is lifestyle medicine
Blue Zone, a Demographic Concept and Beyond
AKEntAnnos. The Sardinia Study of Extreme Longevity
Identification of a geographic area characterized by extreme longevity in the Sardinia island: the AKEA study
Development of a lifestyle medicine Garry Egger
Goal Setting Worksheet (SMART)
Grip strength is inversely associated with DNA methylation age acceleration
An Evaluation of Lifestyle Health CoachingPrograms Using Trained Health Coachesand Evidence-Based Curricula at 6 MonthsOver 6 Years
Breakfast and psychosocialbehavioural problems in youngpopulation: The role of status,place, and habits
Lifestyle Medicine—An Emerging New DisciplineRobert F Kushner
Lipoprotein(a) is a type of ‘bad’ cholesterol you’veprobably never heard of. Some doctors are out tochange that.
A FAMILY PHYSICIAN’SINTRODUCTION TOLIFESTYLEMEDICINE
The North Karelia Project:Cardiovascular disease preventionin Finland
Don’t try to change someone else’s mind.Instead, help them find their ownmotivation to change.
Physicians’ health practices strongly influence patient healthpractices
Using the SMART-EST Goals inLifestyle Medicine Prescription
Changes in living conditions throughouthistory typically result in changes in thepattern of diseases.
Week 2
Supporting Sustainable Health BehaviorChange: The Whole is Greater Than theSum of Its Parts
Health Coaching:Changing the Delivery of Health Care
Health coaching as alifestyle medicine processin primary care
Effectiveness of motivational interviewinginterventions on medication adherence in adultswith chronic diseases: a systematic review andmeta-analysis
Week 3 – 22 September 2025
Dr Carolina Rojido – Nutrition
ACLM Diet Screener V1
Alternative Dietary Indices Both Strongly PredictRisk of Chronic Disease1–3
Dr. Greger’s B12recommendation:
Promotion of healthy nutrition in primaryand secondary cardiovascular disease prevention:a clinical consensus statement from the EuropeanAssociation of Preventive Cardiology
Coffee, Caffeine, and Health
Correction Intermittent Fasting
Researchers find biological links betweenred meat and colorectal cancer
Culinary Medicine and Nature:Foods That Work Together
The basics for elmo course participants
How to translate thebenefits of theMediterranean diet to anycuisine
Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health,Aging, and Disease
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Women andReproductive Health across the Lifespan: A Narrative Review
Milk and Health
Home food preparation practices,experiences and perceptions: A qualitativeinterview study with photo-elicitation
Dietary Guidelines in the 21st Century—a Time for Food
The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare
What You Should KnowAbout Intermittent Fasting
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Week 5
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Week 8
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Review session for the exam (optional)
Week 1 Review
Week 2 Review
Week 3 Review
Week 4 Review
Week 5 Review
Week 6 Review
Week 7 Review
Week 8 Review
Week 9 Review
Week 9 Review 1
Week 10
Exam
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