Evidence-Based Lifestyle and Preventive Care
Lifestyle Medicine GPs in West Pennant Hills Focused on Prevention, Performance, and Long-Term Health
Lifestyle medicine at Rosedale Medical Practice focuses on:
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Improving metabolic health, energy, and resilience
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Reducing long-term disease risk using medically supervised strategies
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Supporting weight, cardiovascular health, mental wellbeing, and performance
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Creating sustainable habits that fit real life, not idealised plans
Your care is:
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Led by experienced GPs, not health coaches
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Integrated with your broader medical care
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Grounded in current evidence and long-term follow-up
Conditions Commonly Managed with Lifestyle Medicine
- Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes
- High blood pressure and cardiovascular risk
- High cholesterol and metabolic syndrome
- Weight management and obesity
- Fatigue and low energy states
- Stress-related health concerns and burnout
- Reduced physical fitness or declining functional capacity
Your GP will advise whether lifestyle medicine is appropriate for your specific situation and how it fits alongside other treatments.
Lifestyle medicine care for adults
This is not generic advice. Care is tailored, clinically appropriate, and delivered within a proper medical framework.
Lifestyle medicine may form part of care for patients who:
- Have or are at risk of chronic disease
- Are managing multiple health
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- Want to reduce reliance on medication where clinically appropriate
- Are experiencing fatigue, burnout, or declining physical resilience
- Want structured support to improve long-term health outcomes
Appointments are longer than standard consultations and focus on understanding patterns over time rather than quick fixes.
Consultation Options
Annual Lifestyle Medicine GP in West Pennant Hills Consultation
Fee: $285 | Medicare rebate: $84.90
An initial consultation focuses on understanding your medical history, current health concerns, lifestyle factors, and goals. This may include reviewing previous investigations, medications, and relevant health markers.
For new patients, this appointment also allows your GP to understand your broader health background and ensure care is appropriate and coordinated.
6-Monthly Lifestyle Medicine GP in West Pennant Hills Review
Fee: $185 | Medicare rebate: $43.90
Follow-up appointments are used to review progress, adjust care plans, monitor health markers where appropriate, and provide ongoing support. These appointments focus on continuity and gradual, sustainable change rather than one-off advice.
What to Expect
Comprehensive Annual Review
Structured, in-depth appointment focused on understanding the root causes of your health concerns. We review your medical history, current symptoms, medications, nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress, and metabolic health to create a clear, personalised plan.
Evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine
Our approach is grounded in internationally recognised Lifestyle Medicine principles. This includes targeted support around nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, and behaviour change, alongside appropriate medical care and investigations when needed.
Ongoing Reviews
Lifestyle change works best with consistency and accountability. Follow-up appointments are designed to review progress, adjust strategies, interpret results, and support sustainable improvements in weight, energy, cardiovascular health, blood sugar control, and overall wellbeing.
Connected Care
Your Lifestyle Medicine GP works within the broader Rosedale care team and coordinates with allied health and specialists when appropriate. This ensures your care is integrated, practical, and focused on long-term health rather than short-term fixes.
Who Can Benefit from Our Lifestyle Medicine Consultations?
This service may be suitable if you:
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Want to prevent or better manage chronic health conditions
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Feel “generally unwell” despite normal test results
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Want medical guidance around lifestyle, not generic advice
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Prefer a structured, long-term approach rather than quick fixes
What This Service Does Not Offer
This service may not be suitable if you:
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Are looking for quick fixes, supplements, or non-medical wellness programs
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Prefer short, one-off appointments without ongoing follow-up
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Are seeking care that is not evidence-based or medically supervised
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Are primarily looking for medication-only management without lifestyle intervention
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Are unwilling or unable to engage in gradual, sustainable change over time
Lifestyle medicine at Rosedale is structured, medical, and long-term.
It works best for patients who are ready to partner with their GP and take a consistent, realistic approach to improving health.
What Lifestyle Medicine Looks Like at Rosedale Medical Practice
Lifestyle medicine focuses on addressing the contributors to chronic disease using evidence-based interventions across nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, metabolic health, and behaviour change. This care is integrated into your overall medical management, not separated from it.
Our doctors assess lifestyle factors alongside medical history, medications, family risk, and objective health markers. Care plans are individualised, clinically appropriate, and designed to be sustainable within real life constraints.
Lifestyle medicine appointments may involve:
- Identifying modifiable drivers of cardiometabolic and chronic disease risk
- Supporting weight management, insulin resistance, and metabolic health
- Addressing fatigue, burnout, and stress within a medical framework
- Integrating lifestyle interventions with existing treatments and medications
- Monitoring progress using objective clinical markers rather than trends
Lifestyle medicine is not about perfection or rigid rules. It is about consistent, medically supervised change that evolves with your circumstances.
Where appropriate, care is coordinated with allied health professionals and specialists as part of a team-based approach.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Lifestyle Medicine?
Is Lifestyle Medicine the same as Wellness Coaching?
Who is Lifestyle Medicine suitable for?
Do I need a referral?
No referral is required to see a GP for lifestyle medicine. You can book directly. If specialist input or allied health involvement is recommended, your GP will discuss this with you during your appointment.
Can I book online?
What should I bring to my first appointment with my Lifestyle Medicine GP in West Pennant Hills?
A list of your current medications and supplements
Any recent blood test results or medical reports, if available
Details of any existing medical conditions or diagnoses
Information about your usual diet, physical activity, sleep, and work routine
Any specific health concerns or goals you would like to discuss
You do not need to prepare anything formal. Your GP will guide the discussion and focus on what is most relevant to your health and circumstances.
What are the fees and rebates?
Six-Monthly Consultation: $185 | Medicare rebate $43.90
Full payment is required on the day; rebates are processed electronically.
How often do I need reviews?
Six-Monthly Consultation – halfway between annual reviews
More frequent reviews may be arranged if clinically required.
Take the Next Step in Your Health Journey
To book:
Select a Lifestyle Medicine appointment when booking online, or
Contact our reception team if you are unsure which appointment type is most suitable
If you are new to the practice, please book as a new patient and mention your interest in lifestyle medicine when booking.
Lifestyle medicine is delivered within the same trusted framework as all other care at the practice, ensuring decisions are safe, coordinated, and aligned with your long-term health goals.
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