Historic Inclusion of Lifestyle Medicine in FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
American School of Life-style Drugs and LPM LAB Announce Partnership Following Historic Inclusion of Life-style Efficiency Drugs in FY26 NDAA. Life-style and Efficiency Drugs (LPM): The Navy Utility of Life-style Drugs to Optimize Warfighter Readiness, Well being, and Lethality
AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / November 14, 2025 / LPM LAB and the American School of Life-style Drugs (ACLM) right now introduced a landmark partnership to advance Life-style and Efficiency Drugs (LPM)-the military-specific software of Life-style Drugs-following its precedent-setting inclusion within the Nationwide Protection Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal yr 2026.
Marking a historic milestone, Congress has formally acknowledged the essential function of LPM in optimizing human efficiency and sustaining Warfighter well being throughout the Division of Battle (DoW). In H.R. 3838, the Home Armed Providers Committee’s Navy Personnel Subcommittee directed:
“Human Efficiency Optimization by way of Digital Life-style and Efficiency Drugs Options: The committee urges the Division of Protection to prioritize the mixing of evidence-based, digital well being options to deal with foundational well being behaviors affecting readiness and retention… [and] directs the Secretary of Protection to supply a report…on the feasibility of implementing a standardized, digital well being answer to boost Warfighter efficiency throughout all branches of service.”
Life-style and Efficiency Drugs (LPM) refers back to the software of evidence-based Life-style Drugs in a navy setting, centered on sustaining and optimizing the six core parts of human well being: optimum diet, bodily exercise, restorative sleep, stress administration, connectedness and avoidance of dangerous substances. These behaviors are the muse of efficiency, resilience, and long-term readiness.
CEO of LPM LAB Patrick Hitchins, mentioned:
“This can be a transformative second for navy well being. Our service members deserve trendy instruments to assist the foundational behaviors that impression their efficiency, retention, and long-term well-being.”
Chief Medical Officer of LPM LAB Regan Stiegmann, DO, MPH, a board-certified way of life medication doctor, and USAF Veteran provides:
“Reaching optimum human efficiency is a day by day pursuit, each in garrison and in theater. The NDAA’s recognition of Life-style and Efficiency Drugs validates what we now have recognized for years-military efficiency begins with the day by day way of life behavioral foundations of Warfighter well being. LPM stands as probably the most rigorous, evidence-based medical strategy to treating, reversing and stopping lots of the commonest illnesses that threaten Warfighter deployability, readiness, fight effectiveness, and lethality.”
Chief Affect Officer of the American School of Life-style Drugs Martin Tull, acknowledged:
“Given all the curiosity in way of life medication we’ve seen throughout navy healthcare, this can be a crucial growth in scaling that work. ACLM is proud to associate with LPM LAB to increase evidence-based way of life medication additional throughout the navy.”
Via this partnership, ACLM and LPM LAB will collaborate on initiatives aligned with the FY26 NDAA, together with:
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Scalable digital platforms for conduct change and efficiency monitoring
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Coaching and certification for navy clinicians in Life-style Drugs
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Integration of wearable expertise and safe, data-informed commander oversight
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Price-effective methods to boost readiness and scale back preventable well being prices
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SOURCE: LPM LAB
