What is medical weight loss?
Medical weight loss offered at Lenox Medical Clinic is a fully customized program that takes into account your weight loss goals, current lifestyle, existing medical conditions, and other important factors unique to your situation.
Your weight loss plan may include:
- Diet and exercise recommendations
- Appetite-suppressant medications
- Counseling support
- Menu planning
Medical weight loss programs include professional supervision by registered dietitians and medical staff. You receive the support needed to successfully and safely lose weight while having your health continuously managed.
Everyone could use help achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, and that’s what medical weight loss offered at Lenox Medical Clinic is all about.
What treatments are included with medical weight loss?
The team has extensive experience working with a wide variety of patients to help them achieve weight loss. They use a combination of treatments, including very low-calorie diets and drug therapy.
If you are significantly overweight and weight loss will improve your health markers, you may qualify for prescription appetite suppressants to help you stick to your plan.
What diet and nutrition support are provided with medical weight loss?
Throughout the program, you receive counseling support in groups and one-on-one. If you find pleasure in cooking and preparing meals, a registered dietitian works directly with you to develop healthy, well-balanced menu plans and new eating habits.
The dietitians also work with you to answer questions about nutrition during weight loss. The dietitians are available to also discuss nutrition in terms of pregnancy, diabetes, hypertension, eating disorders, sports nutrition, weight gain, and cholesterol.
Is there a weight loss program for children?
At Lenox Medical Clinic, children and adolescents – aged 8 to 18 – can also benefit from medical weight loss. The goal is to help your child become more aware of how nutrition and exercise impact overall health.
This plan can help your child maintain a normal, healthy weight over their entire life.
To get started on your medical weight loss plan, call one of the locations of Lenox Medical Clinic or book a consultation online.
