The Greco‐Roman Contribution to Lifestyle Medicine

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background Lifestyle has become a major and well‐recognized aspect of modern healthcare, but there is little awareness of the origins of lifestyle medicine. Results This paper shows that a major contribution to lifestyle medicine was made by Greco‐Roman physicians. Ancient Greek and Roman doctors placed considerable emphasis on the role lifestyle played in determining the state of their patients’ health.

Keywords

• antiquity
• Greek
• lifestyle medicine
• medicine
• Roman