As life expectancy rises, the high prevalence of chronic diseases has also become a major challenge in an aging society. Data provided by the National Health and Wellness Commission in 2019 showed that more than 180 million older people in China suffer from chronic diseases, and the proportion of those suffering from one or more chronic diseases is as high as 75%. And this trend is worsening.
Stepping into the new era, the demand for a healthy and quality life of the people of China has risen to an unprecedented height, prompting the accelerated arrival of a new era of medical education in the country—the “fourth-generation medical education,” which is profoundly practicing the transition from “disease-centered” to “disease-centered” medical education. Medical education is profoundly practicing the transformation from “disease-centered” to “health-centered.”
Functional medicine has redefined modern healthcare, and as an important part of preventive medicine and health management science, it is undoubtedly an important breakthrough in response to this wave of the times.
