Lifestyle Medicine and Mitigating the Rising Cost of Healthcare

Richard Bettini, Vija Sehgal, Monica K. Esquivel, Ashish J. Abraham, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, University of Hawai, i at Mānoa, Foresight Health Solutions-Caliper Inc, Del Mar

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on February 05, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Ahead of Print.
The United States continues to face rising healthcare costs, with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) disproportionately affected by the complexity of the populations they serve. Traditional payment models often fail to reflect these realities, ...