Metabolic medical weight loss
For a weight loss strategy to be successful, it needs to address the underlying medical conditions that may contribute to your weight gain. At Atlantic Health, we offer a unique metabolic weight loss program for you that assesses your metabolic conditions to help develop a weight loss regimen tailored just for you.
What you need to know
Our extensive metabolic weight loss evaluation and intake assessment consists of:
- Height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist measurements
- Complete medical history review, including diets and behavioral eating issues
- Physical examination by a metabolic physician
- Prescriptions for blood work and any necessary medical tests
- Resting metabolic rate and body composition analysis
Additional metabolic weight loss treatments may include:
- Lifestyle changes
- Behavioral modifications
- Medically-supervised diet
- Management of any existing medications
- Prescription weight loss medications
- Nutrition counseling and personalized eating plans
- Exercise guidelines
- Stress management
- Referrals to other specialists, if needed
Metabolic medical weight loss FAQs
Metabolic medicine is a medical subspecialty that focuses on how the body's chemical processes control energy, lipids, and cellular functions. It combines biochemistry, laboratory tests and clinical practice to diagnose and treat diseases caused by disrupted metabolic pathways, such as obesity and overweight, diabetes and prediabetes, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, fatty liver disease, lipid disorders, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, malnutrition and underweight.
At your appointment, we will complete an extensive metabolic weight loss evaluation and intake assessment, including:
- Height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist measurements
- Complete medical history review, including diets and behavioral eating issues
- Physical examination by a metabolic physician
- Prescriptions for blood work and any necessary medical tests
- Resting metabolic rate and body composition analysis
Once the intake assessment is completed, one of our metabolic doctors will review the results with you. They will address:
- Medical conditions that may contribute to weight gain
- Vitamin or mineral deficiencies
- Inflammation
- Hormonal imbalances
- Other breakdowns in the normal metabolic process that may be preventing successful weight loss
Along your weight management journey, your personalized treatment plan may include:
- Lifestyle changes and behavioral modifications
- Medically supervised diet
- Medication management, including adjusting current medications that may contribute to weight gain
- Prescription weight loss medications
- Nutrition counseling and personalized eating plans
- Exercise guidance
- Stress management
- Potentially consulting a bariatric surgeon about weight loss surgery
- Referrals to other specialists, if needed
You may be a great candidate for metabolic medical weight loss if:
- You have a BMI of 27 or more
- You have tried and failed to lose weight
- You suffer from obesity-related health problems, such as
- Heart disease
- Hypertension-high blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Stroke
- Diabetes and prediabetes
- Metabolic syndrome
- Insulin resistance
- PCOS
- Sleep apnea
- Fatty liver
- Joint disease
- Depression and anxiety
A holistic approach to weight loss and weight management
Our offerings span the full spectrum of metabolic and weight management services. We have a comprehensive approach that is the safest and most effective way to achieve long-term weight loss. Our multidisciplinary approach to weight loss is centered around you, to ensure the highest quality of care.
This includes:
- Nutritional counseling
- Exercise instructions
- Psychological evaluations and support
- Medical treatment
- Surgical referral, if needed