Weight Management
Medical weight management is more than just losing weight. It’s about improving your overall health, reducing your risk of chronic disease, and creating sustainable habits that last a lifetime. At HealthyU Clinics, our provider-led program offers personalized care designed to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Through evidence-based treatments, nutritional guidance, lifestyle support, and medical therapies when appropriate, we’ll create a customized plan to help you reach your goals and feel your best.
While weight loss can be achieved through diets and exercise, weight management focuses more on living a sustainable healthy lifestyle. With unhealthy food options all around and screens constantly holding our attention, living a healthy lifestyle is more difficult than you might think. Plus, high stress and poor sleeping habits don’t make it any easier.
The Link Between Medical Weight Management and Chronic Disease?
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Type 2 diabetes
- Hypertension
- High cholesterol
- Kidney disease
- Gallbladder disease
- Sexual dysfunction
- Pregnancy complications
How Medical Weight Management Is Different
Medical weight management is superior to weight loss because it focuses more on your overall health and well-being than a number on a scale. You’ll start by meeting with a medical provider to discuss your weight struggles and goals. We’ll work with you to create a sustainable weight loss plan that will help you feel better and increase your quality of life.
Your provider might recommend routine exercise, diet changes, or even drug therapy. The goal is to replace unhealthy habits with healthy habits that fit into your daily routine. We’ll help you stay on track so you can become a healthier and better you.
If you’re interested in a different approach, ask your provider if bariatric surgery is right for you.
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