Our Beliefs

People are genetically different and are overweight for a variety of reasons. Different patients respond to different methods of weight loss, so the program must be tailored to the individual. This is the reason that no single method of weight management works for everyone. Our program is designed to find just the right combination of dietary changes, exercise, and behavioral modification to help you lose and maintain weight loss.

It's Not Your Fault

In general, the tendency to become overweight is genetic or inherited. Why can some people eat like crazy and never gain weight? They picked their parents right! Each person's body has a pre-determined tendency to go toward a particular weight. Our environment (eating habits, exercise etc.) adjusts that weight up or down under different circumstances. We strive to find the right combination to improve your weight as much as is genetically possible.

Being Overweight is a Disease

Fifty-four percent of the U.S. population is overweight as of the year 2000, so you're not alone! Our physician-run program recognizes that, in medical terms, being overweight is a disease. This disease increases the risk for coronary artery disease (heart attacks and strokes), diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, gallbladder disease, and numerous cancers including cancer of the breast, colon, prostate, gallbladder, and uterus.

Services

We offer a Five Level Program, in which patients move up or down in level over time.

Level 1: 
Personalized dietary, exercise, and behavioral assessment and modification 
Determine what changes will work best for your long term sucess.

Level 2: 
Combines all techniques in level 1 with the use of specific meal replacement supplements.

Level 3: 
Combines techniques from Levels 1 & 2 with the use of non-prescription herbal supplements and nutraceuticals to optimize weight loss.

Level 4: 
Combines any or all of the above with the use of prescription medication, either short term or long term.

Level 5: 
A Rapid weight loss approach using a very low calorie protein sparing modified fast.