Here is what to expect when you schedule an appointment with our San Diego dietitian and visit our weight loss clinic: Visit 1- Initial assessment 24 hr recall Pt states nutritional concern Visit 2- Assessment Food frequency questionnaire Calculate macros Introduce Myfitnesspal to track meals Visit 3- Nutrition education Learn about macros Visit 4- ReviewRead More
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Michelle McMacken, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine and the Director of Bellevue Hospital Weight Management Clinic. In this exclusive video guide, she breaks down everything you need to know about a whole-food plant-based diet in relation to weight loss.
Culinary medicine, a new educational and nutritional approach to improving eating behaviors, focuses on skills such as food shopping, storage and meal preparation. Lifestyle medicine physician Rani Polak will discuss how to blend the joy of cooking with the science of medicine to create a recipe for good health. Speaker: Rani Polak, MD
Weight Loss Medications Weight loss tips and medications are an important component of a complete treatment plan for adults with obesity (BMI > 30) or overweight (BMI > 27) with increased adiposity complications. The benefits of weight loss medications include: appetite control, improvement of eating behavior, and slow progression of weight gain and regain. BeforeRead More
¿Qué significa ser obeso? Los médicos usan una medida especial llamada “índice de masa corporal”, o IMC, para decidir quién está por debajo del peso normal, quién tiene un peso saludable, quién tiene sobrepeso y quién es obeso. Las personas que tienen obesidad pesan demasiado para su estatura (weight loss tips). El IMC indica siRead More
What does it mean to be obese?Doctors use a special measure called “body mass index,” or BMI, to decide who is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight, or obese. A person with obesity weighs way too much for their height and may be given weight loss tips to reduce their risk of disease. Your BMIRead More
INTRODUCTION A number of medications are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of overweight or obesity. It is essential that the medications are used in conjunction with healthy eating, physical activity, and behavior modification, as medication usage without such changes are generally ineffective. These medications should be obtained fromRead More
AGA emite nuevas guias sobre el uso de balones intragástricos (intragastric balloons) para la obesidad. Después de una revisión detallada de la literatura disponible, AGA ha publicado nuevas guías clínicas que recomiendan el uso de balones intragástricos (BIG) para pacientes con obesidad que no han podido perder peso con las estrategias tradicionales de pérdida deRead More
AGA issues new guidelines on the use of intragastric balloons for obesity. After a detailed review of available literature, AGA has released new clinical guidelines recommending the use of intragastric balloons (IGB) for patients with obesity who have not been able to lose weight with traditional weight-loss strategies (through a weight loss clinic with aRead More
Intragastric balloon therapy is an endoscopic and temporary method of inducing weight loss. It entails placing a soft saline- or gas-filled balloon in the stomach to promote a feeling of satiety and restriction. Because its weight loss mechanism is mostly restrictive, its efficacy largely relies upon a patient’s adherence to lifestyle changes (ie, diet andRead More
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