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EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief

Acad. Constantin IONESCU-TIRGOVISTE, MD, PhD
Honorary President of the Romanian Medical Asociation

Honorary Founding Editor

† Prof. Adrian RESTIAN, MD, PhD
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Founding President ot the Academic Society of Family Medicine
Full Member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists – ARS
Full Member of the Romanian Medical Sciences Academy

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

John KELLY, MD, MPH, LM Specialist
Medical Director, START ANEW Grand Rapids
Preceptor, Lifestyle Medicine Training Programs (LifestyleMedicineTraining.org)
Adjunct Faculty, Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University Health (LLU.edu)
Founding President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM.net)

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Emanuela MERCORE HUTANU, MD, Dip.IBLM
President of the Romanian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

Acad., Prof. Habil., ProfHC, DrHC, 1st Scientist Sorin RIGA, MD, PhD
Full Member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists – ARS
Honorary Member of the Romanian Medical Sciences Academy
Active Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Coordinating Editors

Radu BAILA, MD, MHA, CHA, Dip.IBLM
Lifestyle Medicine Options, Portland, USA

Dana POPESCU SPINENI, MD, MPH, PhD, Dip.IBLM
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Fr. I. Rainer Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy

Prof. Ana-Maria-Alexandra STANESCU, MD, PhD
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Senior Editors

Nicolae DAN, MD, MPH, PhD
Director, Herghelia Lifestyle Medical Center, Romania

Hans DIEHL, DrHSc, MPH, FACN
Loma Linda University, School of Medicine
Founder of Lifestyle Medicine Institute & CHIP Program

George GUTHRIE, MD, MPH, CDE, CNS, FAAFP, FACLM
AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA

Labros S. SIDOSSIS, PhD, FTOS, FAHA, FNAK
Professor, Director, Rutgers Lifestyle Science Initiative, Dept. of Kinesiology and Health
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey, USA
President, Mediterranean Lifestyle Medicine Institute, Leros, Greece

Honorary Editors

Prof. Petru ARMEAN, MD, PhD
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Acad. Cristiana GLAVCE, PhD
Fr. I. Rainer Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy

Associate Editors

Nicoleta BAILA, MD, PsyD Clinical Psychology, Dip.IBLM
Lifestyle Medicine Options, Portland, USA

Simon MATTHEWS, FASLM MAPS
MHlthSci Dip.IBLM NBC-HWC
Fellow Member, IOC, at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School affiliate

Tamami SHIRAI, MS, PhD
Associate Researcher, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, USA

Vasileios STOUKAS, MD
International Organization for Migration – The UN Migration Agency, Athens, Greece

Editorial General Secretary

Mirela BOROEANU
Bucharest, Romania

Editorial Secretary

Anne-Marie NECHITA
Bucharest, Romania

Managing Editor

Mihai-Cristian POPESCU, MD
VicePresident of the Romanian Medical Association
Prime-VicePresident of the Romanian Society of Lifestyle Medicine
Editorial Manager – AMPH, Bucharest, Romania

EDITORIAL COUNCIL

Prof. Petru ARMEAN, MD, PhD, Bucharest, Romania
Nicoleta BAILA, MD, Portland, USA
Radu BAILA, MD, Portland, USA
Valeriu Aurelian CHIRICA, MD, PhD, Iasi, Romania
Alexandru Dan COSTACHE, MD, Iasi, Romania
Nicolae DAN, MD, MPH, PhD, Mures, Romania
Hans DIEHL, DrHSc, Loma Linda, USA
Acad. Cristiana GLAVCE, PhD, Bucharest, Romania
George GUTHRIE, MD, Orlando, USA
John KELLY, MD, Loma Linda, USA
Simon MATTHEWS, Adelaide, Australia
Emanuela MERCORE-HUTANU, MD, Bucharest, Romania
Acad. Constantin IONESCU-TIRGOVISTE, MD, PhD, Bucharest, Romania
Dacia Antoneta PETROAIE, MD, PhD, Iasi, Romania
Mihai-Cristian POPESCU, MD, Bucharest, Romania
Dana POPESCU SPINENI, MD, PhD, Bucharest, Romania
Vladimir POROCH, MD, PhD, Iasi, Romania
Acad., Prof. Habil., Sorin RIGA, MD, PhD, Bucharest, Romania
Mihaela Monica SCUTARIU, MD, PhD, Iasi, Romania
Tamami SHIRAI, MS, PhD, California, USA
Labros SIDOSSIS, PhD, New Jersey, USA
Prof. Ana-Maria-Alexandra STANESCU, MD, PhD, Bucharest, Romania
Vasileios STOUKAS, MD, Athens, Greece