Weight Management

Lose Weight Safely

Weight management is one of the most important decisions of your life. It is part of your commitment to looking good, staying healthy, and possibly increasing your life span. At HEALTHPOINTE, we offer a comprehensive weight loss program that is medically supervised and combines exercise, diet and nutritional counseling with vitamins and FDA-approved medications to help you achieve your goals.

Our program is geared to those who have had an overweight problem averaging 20 pounds for 6 months or longer and have been on numerous types of diets in the past. We also work with patients who only want to change or modify their eating and exercise habits.

HEALTHPOINTE’s Weight Management Program has the following components:

• Physician supervised program
• Customized weight loss plan tailored to each patient's needs
• Optional FDA-approved weight loss drugs (e.g., Phentermine and Meridia)
• Optional vitamin B-12 injections
• No start-up costs
• No special foods
• Low monthly fee
• A 15-page diet and nutrition booklet

During your first visit, one of our weight management staff members will discuss the program with you, take a health history, and start you on a weight loss regimen tailored to your specific needs.

The length of the program and the number of follow-up visits will be determined on an individual basis by you and your physician with input from the rest of your weight management team.

Diet and Nutrition Counseling

Weight loss begins between the ears, and our focus is to help you change or modify your eating and exercise habits to achieve a healthier life style and improved self image. We teach our patients to adjust energy intake and exercise levels to achieve and maintain appropriate body weight, and we recommend a wide variety of foods to ensure nutrient adequacy. Based on guidelines from the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board, our patients learn the composition of various carbohydrates and how to eat less total fat and less saturated fat. Emphasis is placed upon eating more fiber, more fruits and vegetables, less cholesterol, and less sodium and sugar. We make sure our patients have adequate calcium, iron, amino acids, vitamins and drinking water.

Weight Loss Medication

Phentermine and Meridia are FDA-approved medications that affect the area in your brain that controls hunger, providing you with a sense of fullness and satisfaction. Used in conjunction with your individually designed diet and exercise plan, these and other medications can accelerate weight loss safely. Your HEALTHPOINTE physician may offer weight loss medications as part of your individualized plan.

There is no better time than now to start working toward a happier and healthier future.