According to the research by WHO, people's health and life span depend on 60% on lifestyle, 17% on environmental factors, 15% on biological and genetic factors, and only 8% on health care.

Lifestyle Medicine

Lifestyle Medicine is the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic intervention—including a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection—as a primary modality, delivered by clinicians trained and certified in this specialty, to prevent, treat, and often reverse chronic disease. The rise in chronic disease trends and related healthcare spending in the United States and many other countries is unsustainable. Type 2 diabetes alone is a looming global pandemic with incalculable consequences.

This being said，there is good news.

The good news is that 80% or more of all healthcare spending in the U.S. is tied to treating conditions rooted in poor lifestyle choices. Chronic diseases and conditions—such as hypertension, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, multiple types of cancer—are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health conditions.

In 2017, the United States took the lead in holding examination for lifestyle medicine specialist certification and gradually incorporated it into the health insurance system, becoming the first-line treatment for chronic diseases. Subsequently, many countries have set up lifestyle medicine associations to actively participate in the global health movement as an essential direction of medical reform.

In 2016 and 2019, the Chinese government put forward the national health concepts of "building a healthy lifestyle for all" and "everyone is the first person responsible for their own health" in the "Health China 2030 Plan Outlines". Respectively, it makes an irreplaceable contribution to national health development.

Federation's Establishment and Implementation

1. Concept：

Taking "health" as the core value and "clinical diseases prevention, chronic diseases management, and wellness promotion" as the core services.
Federation structure and service connotation：
（1）Helping health development in China as the goal;
（2）Using the primary medical institutions and health management organizations as the main body;
（3）Relying on the regional core medical institutions；
（4）Associating with the Disease Control Center, Maternal and Child Health Care, rehabilitation centers, and other health care and wellness institutions；
（5）Using health management technology, information technology, and health insurance as support.
China Healthcare and Wellness Federation is a new model of the combination of prevention with control, which is an essential measure of health work strategy in China.

2. Main Services：

（1）Prevention of clinical diseases: for cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, etc., we should conduct screening and intervention for high-risk groups, early prevention, diagnosis, and treatment can improve the quality of prevention and treatment of clinical diseases, and reduce the premature mortality rate.
（2）Management of chronic diseases: we minimize the risk of individual chronic diseases and reduce chronic diseases by strengthening lifestyle intervention for high-risk groups. We carry out standardized management for hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and other metabolic diseases and control complications.
（3）Promoting wellness: we develop health education, improve self-health management ability, control risk factors, implement primordial prevention, and change unhealthy lifestyles.

3. Relationship with China Medical Association：

China Healthcare and Wellness Federation is a significant complement to China Medical Association, and the China Medical Association is the important support of the China Healthcare and Wellness Federation. Both are the main forces of improving health and wellness in China.