Development of the Lifestyle Empowerment Approach for Diabetes Remission (LEADR) Program: A Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointment (SMA) Intervention for Diabetes Treatment

Kathryn J. Pollard, Meghan L. Ames, Kayli Anderson, John Gobble, Scott Moore, Padmaja Patel, Kaitlyn Pauly, Kara L. Staffier, Prasanthi Tondapu, Micaela C. Karlsen, Department of Research, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Lifestyle Medicine Group, Health Institute International, DFW Endocrinology, Flower Mound

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on May 05, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Ahead of Print.
The use of shared medical appointments (SMAs) has been shown to be feasible for delivering lifestyle medicine (LM) treatment for chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), with some patients achieving de-escalation of medications or even ...