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Lifestyle Medicine Can Help Address Burnout, Non-Communicable Diseases: Telangana Official

Hyderabad, Oct 10 (UNI) The Telangana government is emphasising preventive healthcare and lifestyle medicine to address rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), stress and burnout, Christina Z. Chongthu, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, said on Saturday.
Addressing the seventh edition of the International Conference on Lifestyle Medicine (ISLMCON 2026), organised by the Indian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ISLM) here, she said increasing workplace pressures, changing family structures and caregiving responsibilities were contributing to stress and burnout.
The conference was held under the theme “From Burnout to Balance: Health through Lifestyle Medicine”.
Chongthu said approximately 1.49 crore people had been screened for non-communicable diseases at their homes in Telangana, with around 18 lakh identified with hypertension and more than nine lakh with diabetes.
She stressed the need to shift the focus from treating diseases to addressing lifestyle-related risk factors through preventive healthcare.
Nutrition, regular physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management and social connectedness were essential for holistic well-being, she added.
Dr. Lakshmi Sundar, President of the Indian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, said burnout was an often-overlooked factor contributing to several health conditions and called for addressing both the root causes and symptoms of illness.
She said lifestyle medicine could integrate healthy eating, physical activity, stress management and other beneficial practices into everyday life. The society aimed to increase awareness, strengthen India-specific research and empower healthcare professionals and communities to make lifestyle medicine an integral part of preventive healthcare.
Dr. P. Kishan, President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Telangana, and Dr. D. Dwarakanath Reddy, former president of IMA Telangana, were among those who attended the conference.
The Indian Society of Lifestyle Medicine is a not-for-profit organisation comprising medical and allied health professionals, including nutritionists, physiotherapists and psychologists.
It offers a certification programme in lifestyle medicine in collaboration with the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
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