BACKGROUND:
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and lifestyle-driven health conditions continue to rise worldwide, disproportionately affecting low-income and marginalized communities. While the need for cost-effective and adaptable strategies increases in the developing world’s health systems, the traditional health system such as Ayurvedic medicine, could provide valuable adjunct approaches through lifestyle modification, food-based healing, and mind-body balance. This abstract explores how Ayurvedic preventive and lifestyle practices can be contextualized, adapted, and integrated into public health frameworks to advance equity in chronic disease prevention.

METHODS:
A narrative review was carried out, and the best available sources from Ayurvedic classics and recent literature in the area of lifestyle medicine, integrative health, and equity-based public health were explored. Core Ayurvedic principles including constitution-based nutrition, daily and seasonal routines, stress management practices, herbal support, and therapeutic modalities were analyzed and mapped to modifiable risk factors for noncommunicable diseases and relevant social determinants of health.

RESULTS:
The observations indicate that the preventive practices explained in Ayurveda medicine resonate with evidence based preventive practices for lifestyle-related, stress-related ailments, and behavioral factors associated with risk. Ayurveda offers prevention-focused framework that supports personalization while remaining adaptable across populations and this approach may help address diet-related illness, stress-related conditions, and barriers to preventive care.

CONCLUSIONS:
Ayurveda presents a viable, equity-centered complementary framework for lifestyle and preventive care within public health systems. If implemented with cultural humility and accessibility, interdisciplinary collaboration, the principles of Ayurveda could help enhance preventive practices for chronic diseases and community enhancement. More studies and research in terms of interventions and cost-effectiveness assessments are required to examine scalability and global applicability. The preventive and educatory aspects of Ayurveda make this model an effective force in shaping public health in the future, given its emphasis on lifestyle diseases that are overstraining healthcare systems worldwide.