Weight Loss Clinics
There’s always this search for the quick fix, and usually you can find somebody who’s willing to sell it to you - Michael D Jensen
image by: Kzoo Cowboy
HWN Recommends
In Health Law, a Boon for Diet Clinics
Dr. Michael Kaplan looked across his desk at a woman who had sought out his Long Island Weight Loss Institute and asked the question he often poses to new patients: “Where do you think you go wrong with food?”
The 38-year-old patient was about 20 pounds overweight and, as she described it, desperate. Weight Watchers, nutritionists — she had tried them all in vain. A physician like Dr. Kaplan, she reasoned, might be the only one left who could help her. “I’m really tired of it,” the woman said one recent afternoon, declining to give her name to a reporter. “I feel like something is off with me.”
Dr. Kaplan, a leader in the medical weight-loss industry, nodded sympathetically,…
Resources
Lessons From the Diet Clinic: Self-Control Is Best
All efforts are aimed at making the dieting easy. You are not taught to eat less but to eat better things. You are not taught to wait and be patient between meals instead you are given healthy “options.” The point is that snacking itself is the problem not just what is being snacked.
Weight-Loss Clinics: Do They Work?
In the competitive world of diet centers, one fast-growing chain claims an advantage: Medi-Weightloss clinics prescribe drugs and counseling to curb the appetite.
Investigating Medical Weight Loss Clinics
“Go somewhere where you get a sit-down talk with a physician or a medical care provider who specializes in this,” he says. “They should go through a full history and physical. They should figure out what you’ve tried in the past that didn’t work and figure out a personalized plan that works for you. Don’t waste your money on these pill mills.”
Is Medically Supervised Weight Loss Right for You?
Advantages include an assessment of medical obstacles and customized programs with maintenance plans.
Medi Weight Loss Review
On average about a quarter of their new customer base drops out of the program in the first few weeks, and about 30% make it all the way through. Those are terrible percentages for success especially when you are going to fork out hundreds of dollars for it.
In Health Law, a Boon for Diet Clinics
Obesity specialists at major medical centers say the proprietors of diet clinics often employ unproven tactics — like vitamin injections, costly supplements and extreme diet plans — that lure customers but do not lead to lasting results. Diet-clinic owners contend that they are filling a needed role because the mainstream medical establishment pays little attention to patients’ struggles with weight.
15 Top Medical Weight Loss Centers
Losing weight is never easy, but you can get safe, healthy treatments from these top-rated programs.
Center for Medical Weight Loss
The Center for Medical Weight Loss program was created to acknowledge and treat the unique, very personal challenges every person looking to lose weight faces. Our belief is that because weight by its very nature is a medical issue, there is no better person to help people achieve their weight loss goals than a medical provider.
LindoraClinic
We know how difficult it can be to lose weight, and we know how challenging it can be to keep it off. We also know how confusing and overwhelming it can be to just get started. Good carbs? Bad carbs? High protein? Lean protein? Good fats? Bad fats? Sometimes, you just need help figuring out what will work for you.
Introducing Stitches!
Your Path to Meaningful Connections in the World of Health and Medicine
Connect, Collaborate, and Engage!
Coming Soon - Stitches, the innovative chat app from the creators of HWN. Join meaningful conversations on health and medical topics. Share text, images, and videos seamlessly. Connect directly within HWN's topic pages and articles.
