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In the United States, nearly half of all  adults are living with diabetes or prediabetes — a crisis that costs over $412.9 billion annually and ranks as the eighth leading cause of  death. This immense burden highlights the urgent need for innovative, sustainable solutions that go beyond historical care. The good news? A  growing body of evidence is proving that lifestyle medicine offers a powerful, science-backed pathway to not only treat but, in many cases, place T2D in remission through practical, sustainable changes in how we live. 

Project Remission: A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Type 2 Diabetes is elevating a new standard of care — highlighting how lifestyle medicine is shifting the paradigm from disease management to health restoration.  Through compelling short-form documentaries, expert interviews, and  easy-to-digest explainer content — supported by a vibrant microsite and  full-scale digital campaign — the series will bring this new approach to  care to life. We’ll showcase the clinicians, innovators, and health  systems leading the charge to integrate lifestyle medicine across the  healthcare ecosystem. 

At its heart, this series is about impact.  From real-world patient success stories to clinical outcomes, it is demonstrating how embedding lifestyle medicine into care models empowers  patients, boosts provider satisfaction, and drives better health  outcomes — all while lowering employer healthcare costs and supporting a  healthier, more resilient workforce. We’ll explore how dedicated  lifestyle medicine clinics and group medical visits are overcoming  implementation barriers in primary care, improving access, increasing  clinical efficiency, supporting successful behavior change, and aligning  with existing billing models. From curriculum updates in medical schools to healthcare systems embracing new standards of care, the  series is painting a dynamic picture of innovation in action.

Michael Blais struggled with the symptoms of type 2 diabetes, finding himself in and out of the hospital—until he met Dr. Mahima Gulati, a board-certified lifestyle medicine physician.  With Dr. Gulati’s expert guidance and Michael’s dedication to making sustainable lifestyle changes, he was able to put his type 2 diabetes into remission—transforming his health and his life.  This journey is a powerful reminder that with the right tools and support, achieving better health is possible. 

This video shares how Kellyn Foundation delivers community-based therapeutic lifestyle change interventions to improve healthy food access, support good health everyone, and address chronic disease, similar to our own Food is Medicine work here in Allendale County through Abundance FoodRx, the GraceHub, and The Good Fruit Foundation. From heart-healthy boxes at the Allendale County Hospital's Outpatient Pharmacy to a year-round healthy farmers market, access to good nutrition is becoming possible! 

Every 21 seconds, someone in the United States is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Nearly half of U.S. adults are living with diabetes or are are prediabetic.  For decades, the message has been the same: manage it, medicate it, live with it. But across the country, clinicians, health systems, and communities are proving that another path is possible. 

In this thought leadership interview, Dr. Joshua Mann, chair of preventive medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, discusses how lifestyle medicine is transforming the way clinicians approach type 2 diabetes.  Rather than focusing solely on managing the disease with medication, the program emphasizes therapeutic lifestyle changes—nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and behavioral support—to improve metabolic health and, in some cases, achieve remission. Even when that is not possible, these changes can significantly improve quality of life and reduce the risk of other chronic conditions.