Services Offered at Our Weight Loss Clinic
After smoking, being overweight is probably the single most serious risk factor for poor health. People with obesity are likely to develop type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, gallstones, and breathing problems like asthma and sleep disordered breathing, including snoring and sleep apnea. Obese people have a higher risk of many types of cancer, and can experience mental illness, including clinical depression and anxiety. This is in addition to the serious cardiovascular disease complications that come with obesity: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, and early cardiovascular death.
At South Denver Cardiology Associates, we emphasize preventive cardiology, which includes helping our patients lose weight. Our Medical Weight Loss Clinic is the part of our practice dedicated to this challenging but worthwhile lifestyle change. It’s not easy to lose weight and keep it off, but you don’t have to do it alone. Instead, our medical weight loss professionals can help you set realistic goals for your weight loss journey, then design a custom plan that can help you achieve those goals.
What Makes Medical Weight Loss Different?
There are many weight loss clinics out there, so why should you choose our Medical Weight Loss Clinic? In truth, whatever safe weight loss approach works for you is good for you. We strongly encourage you to find a weight loss program that fits your lifestyle and helps you take off the pounds.
Our Medical Weight Loss Clinic is different from other weight loss clinics because it is guided by medical science, not marketing success. It is a great choice for many of our cardiology patients because it:
- Integrates with other preventive cardiology interventions
- Emphasizes comprehensive health, not just weight loss
- Develops an individualized weight loss plan for every patient
- Is supervised by cardiologists, nurse practitioners, registered dieticians, exercise physiologists, and more medical professionals
- Offers access to comprehensive lifestyle support, from a supervised wellness gym and exercise classes to stress management consultations and cooking classes
- Includes scientifically supported methods, such as medication and lifestyle changes
- Never includes unsafe approaches
People are often referred to our Medical Weight Loss Clinic from our Preventive Cardiology Clinic, but the program is open to anyone who wants to lose weight in a medically safe way.
Weight Loss Services Offered at Our Clinic
Our Medical Weight Loss Clinic can include a high degree of intervention to help with your weight loss, or we can be more directive, letting you control the daily steps you take to achieve your weight loss goals. Here are some of the services you can take advantage of.
Care from Medical Providers to Help You Achieve Goals
Your weight loss team will include many medical specialists to help you achieve your goals. This includes a board-certified cardiologist, nurse practitioners, exercise physiologists, registered dieticians, and specialty-trained medical assistants. Every aspect of your weight loss journey can benefit from the intervention of a trained medical practitioner.
Access to a Supervised Wellness Gym
Exercise is an important technique for achieving your weight loss goals. Our supervised wellness gym is a great place for people who are learning how to exercise independently. For people who need more active guidance or enjoy exercising socially, there are exercise classes. However, if you know what you’re doing, we can leave you alone and just cheer as you hit your goals.
Support for a Healthy Diet
Diet is the other key component for healthy weight loss for most people. At our Medical Weight Loss Clinic, you will have access to nutritional counseling, which can help you put together a tasty, satisfying diet that also supports healthy weight loss. We even offer cooking classes so you can learn techniques to add satisfying flavor without adding excess calories.
Mental Health Resources
For many people, weight gain and weight loss have a significant mental health component. Comfort eating is a major obstacle for people trying to lose weight, so it can be helpful to address the mental health component sooner rather than later. To help you address this component of weight loss, we offer stress management consultations, wellness courses, and support groups. We can also help you access more significant interventions if you need them.
Access to Medical Solutions
When appropriate, your medical weight loss team may recommend medical interventions to help you achieve weight loss and health goals. This can include weight loss medications or even bariatric surgery. We prefer managing weight loss through lifestyle interventions, but in some cases, medical approaches are smarter, more effective, and, ultimately, healthier.
Depending on your health and your goals, your medical weight loss team may recommend these approaches immediately or they may recommend trying lifestyle interventions first, then trying these approaches if you don’t make sufficient progress.
South Denver Cardiology Associates Can Help
Losing weight is one of the hardest things you can try to do in your life, but you don’t have to do it alone. Get comprehensive support from medical professionals and the rest of our knowledgeable staff.
To learn how our Medical Weight Loss Clinic can help you achieve your weight loss goals, please contact us today for an appointment at our office in Littleton.
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