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This study aimed to assess how adherence to positive lifestyle behaviors correlates with cardiometabolic risk factors at the end of a residential lifestyle medicine program and at three or more months of follow-up. Methods: Patients enrolled in a NEWSTART\u00ae lifestyle medicine program were invited to participate in this prospective chart review. Outcomes included changes in BMI, blood pressure, medication and supplement use, cardiometabolic disease biomarkers, Mediterranean eating pattern, meat intake, and other lifestyle behaviors. Results: Among 109 adults (78% female; 62% overweight or obese) enrolled in a 6- to 39-day (mean 14.5-day) residential intervention, meat intake reduced by 3.2 servings\/week, MEPA III scores increased by 2.3, water intake increased by 2.1 glasses\/day, and exercise increased by 193 min\/week (all p &lt; 0.01). From baseline to end of program, reductions were noted in blood glucose (\u22125.3 mg\/dL, p = 0.01), total cholesterol (\u221216.0 mg\/dL, p &lt; 0.01), LDL cholesterol (\u221211.0 mg\/dL, p &lt; 0.01), HDL cholesterol (\u22122.0 mg\/dL, p &lt; 0.01), triglycerides (\u221213 mg\/dL, p &lt; 0.01), serum creatinine (\u22120.03 mg\/dL, p = 0.049), systolic blood pressure (\u22126.0 mmHg, p &lt; 0.01), diastolic blood pressure (\u22123.0 mmHg, p = 0.01), and weight (\u22123.2 kg, p &lt; 0.01). At a mean of 8.6 months follow-up, reductions in triglycerides (14.9 mg\/dL, p = 0.03) and weight (2.8 kg, p &lt; 0.01) from baseline were sustained, and water intake increased 20% from baseline (1.1 glasses\/day, p = 0.01). Improved adherence to a Mediterranean eating pattern score, increase in water intake and reductions in meat intake and BMI predicted favorable health outcomes. Conclusions: Participation in the lifestyle medicine program was associated with improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors during intervention and at follow-up. These outcomes correlated with adherence to positive lifestyle behaviors. Sustained weight reduction as well as dietary and cardiometabolic improvements in our participants suggest the NEWSTART\u00ae intervention may hold promise for maintaining cardiometabolic health.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu18111683","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,25]],"date-time":"2026-05-25T11:57:44Z","timestamp":1779710264000},"page":"1683","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of Adherence to a Plant-Based Residential Lifestyle Medicine Program on Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-3204-2992","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aysha","family":"Inankur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Wildwood Lifestyle Center, Wildwood, GA 30757, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-6312-2871","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"O\u2019Hare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1630-1700","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Esteban","family":"Arevalo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-9868-7325","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ruben","family":"Dursus-\u00c9lis\u00e9e","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Wildwood Lifestyle Center, Wildwood, GA 30757, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-1195-5253","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lyndetta","family":"P. 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