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Encyclopedia > Lifestyle center
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The term lifestyle center is used in a variety of ways. The most common use is to refer to a clinical center where lifestyle intervention is used in the treatment of patient's lifestyle-related conditions. Lifestyle-related conditions are those diseases which result from unhealthy lifestyle practices. Lifestyle centers can be inpatient (residential) or outpatient. Programs at inpatient lifestyle centers typically run for about 18 days but vary by program. Image File history File links Derived from public domain images featured at: http://commons. ...


Clinical lifestyle centers often involve placing a patient on a heart-healthy, plant-based diet and starting them on a vigorous exercise program. Other lifestyle interventions may include getting adequate water and sleep, stress management, and natural remedies.


Lifestyle centers will frequently be supervised by physicians but include a multi-disciplinary approach using nurses, therapists, exercise physiologists, preventive care specialists, counselors, and chaplains.


Lifestyle center, as used in commercial development in the United States, a is a shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall but with leisure amenities oriented towards upscale consumers. Lifestyle centers, which were first labelled as such by Memphis developers Poag & McEwen in the late 1980s [1] and emerged as a retailing trend in the late 1990s, are sometimes labeled "boutique malls" and are often located in affluent suburban areas. The proliferation of lifestyle centers in the United States accelerated in the 2000s, with number going from 30 in 2002 to 120 at the end of 2004 [2]. Lifestyle centers are sometimes depicted as occupying the upscale end of the spectrum of commercial development, at the opposite end of the outlet mall, which typically caters to a wider range of income with bargain prices. The growth of lifestyle centers had occurred at the same time of an acceleration of the shutting down of traditional shopping malls, which typically require large sites over 70 acres (283,000 m²) at a time when land prices are escalating. The construction of lifestyle centers usually require less land and generate higher revenue margins, often generating close to 500 dollars per square foot, compared to an average of 330 dollars per square foot for a traditional mall. Typical amenities at lifestyle centers include plush chairs instead of traditional plastic seating in common areas. For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ... An example of leisure, someone falling asleep whilst bathing in the sun. ... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Suburb. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nebraska Crossing Outlet Mall An outlet mall (or outlet centre) is a type of shopping mall, in which manufacturers sell their products directly to the public through their own branded stores. ...

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Health-related examples

  • Wildwood Lifestyle Center Live-in lifestyle center with supporting hospital specializing in preventive medicine since 1941.
  • American College of Lifestyle Medicine
  • Lifestyle Center of America
  • Eden Valley Lifestyle Center
  • Weimar Institute
  • Uchee Pines Institute

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See also

Griffith Lifestyle Centre (also known as Griffith Homemakers Centre) is a large shopping centre with various homemakers stores located in Griffith in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. ...

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lifestyle center: Information from Answers.com (467 words)
Lifestyle center, as used in commercial development in the United States, a is a shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall but with leisure amenities oriented towards upscale consumers.
Lifestyle centers are sometimes depicted as occupying the upscale end of the spectrum of commercial development, at the opposite end of the outlet mall, which typically caters to a wider range of income with bargain prices.
The growth of lifestyle centers had occurred at the same time of an acceleration of the shutting down of traditional shopping malls, which typically require large sites over 70 acres (283,000 m²) at a time when land prices are escalating.
Archinect : News : The Lifestyle Center cometh (1038 words)
Dubbed ''lifestyle centers" by some, the developments are gaining a foothold in suburbia as an alternative to both the old-fashioned downtown shopping district and the gigantic indoor mall.
Lifestyle centers, which can feature many of the same stores as indoor malls, are meant to be pedestrian-friendly areas that encourage interaction among families or neighbors.
Lifestyle centers are the next generation in a family tree that has included indoor shopping malls and ''power centers," large open-air plazas that featured ''big-box" retailers such as Home Depot, popular in the 1990s.
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