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Lead title · Spring 2026
Indoor Epidemic
93% Inside Steals Sleep, Focus & Years—The 7% Outdoor Rx Restores Them
John La Puma, MD · March 17, 2026 · 363 pages · ISBN 979-8993510927
Built on a review of 2,200 studies. Seven chapters, each a timed prescription: morning sun; sky, space and sea; forest bathing; outdoor movement; nature and social connection; gardening; real darkness at night. Each chapter ends with a checklist and four or five pages of worksheets. It is designed as a workbook, with hundreds of choices and options, so each reader builds a plan that fits.
- Winner, 2026 International Book AwardHealth: Alternative Medicine
- The Oprah PodcastFull episode, August 11, 2026. Viewed over 2.5 million times.
- The New York TimesFeatured twice in 2026. The first Touch Grass Challenge installment took its title from his phrase "ultraprocessed time."
- #1 in six Amazon categoriesPreventive Medicine, Aging & Longevity, Aging Parents, Public Health, Sleep Disorders, Walking.
Forthcoming New titles in food, sleep and longevity. Announcements to follow.
Advance Praise
For Indoor EpidemicIndoor Epidemic is a timely, evidence-based guide to restoring that connection. Dr. La Puma's prescription is simple, free, and profoundly healing.
Dean Ornish, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF; Founder and Director, Preventive Medicine Institute
His Indoor Epidemic focuses on a strategy people in the blue zones have understood for centuries.
Dan Buettner, six-time New York Times bestselling author, Blue Zones
Indoor Epidemic reframes nature exposure as a measurable medical intervention, not a lifestyle preference.
Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
He shows how intentional time outdoors can meaningfully extend healthspan.
Mike Roizen, MD, New York Times bestselling author; Co-Founder, RealAge
Full of practical wisdom, this timely and important book reminds us why we must reintroduce nature into our lives, deliberately and daily.
Sue Stuart-Smith, MD, author of The Well-Gardened Mind
Author Spotlight
A board-certified internist, professionally trained chef, and USDA Certified Organic regenerative farmer in Santa Barbara. He is a two-time New York Times bestselling author with more than 1 million copies in print, in eight languages.
He is credited with pioneering Culinary Medicine, now taught in roughly 80% of US medical schools. His work includes four PBS shows and five years on Lifetime TV co-hosting the award-winning Health Corner. He has given two TEDx talks and one TEDMED talk.
- Edelman Public RelationsAfter one short talk from Dr. La Puma about Indoor Epidemic, Edelman put all five of its New York offices outside every Wednesday at noon for an hour.
- Harvard University Extension SchoolGuest faculty, Wellbeing from the Inside Out, October 2026.
- UCLA Nature-as-Medicine CMEDeveloped and led by Dr. La Puma, July 2025. The first skills-based course of its kind in the United States. One day cut systolic blood pressure 10.3% and diastolic 8.0%.
- European Lifestyle Medicine OrganizationInternational keynote, Brussels, October 2025.
Media and speaking: drjohnlapuma.com
Translation Rights
Foreign-language licensingTranslation rights to Indoor Epidemic are in negotiation in multiple countries.
Publishers and agents may request a review copy, the rights sheet, and current terms.
media@drjohnlapuma.com
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