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Weight Mgt. Program |
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The weight management program offered
by Diabetes & Obesity Centre is a
multidisciplinary, medically supervised weight loss program
for achieving healthy weight in overweight and obese patients. |
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The philosophy....... |
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Our treatment philosophy is based on
the knowledge that obesity is disease
that results from complex interplay between a number of genetic
influences & environmental factors and is not simply due to a lack
of self-control in over-eating. Scientific studies have demonstrated
that obesity may lead to serious medical
problems e.g., diabetes, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, ischaemic heart disease, angina & heart attacks, sleep
apnea (spells of arrest of breathing during sleep), and
osteoarthritis, and even some type of cancers. And even more
important is to know that even if you lose about 7-10% of body
weight your health improves by 90%. |
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The
strategy....... |
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The weight loss program at our centre
is physician-monitored and
involves team approach to obesity
management. The goal is to
improve health through sustained weight loss, based on
reasonable long-term goals and also to reduce the risk of future
complications. |
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The
goals....... |
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To ensure success of any program, one
needs to target realistic goals
which are achievable and sustainable.
And we know from the scientific studies that even if you lose about
7-10% of body weight your health improves by 90%. |
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The
design....... |
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The program is designed with the
overweight patient being the focus of care and the weight loss team
working synergistically to provide
medically supervised weight loss therapy customized to patient needs,
and at the same time training the patient for
sustaining the weight loss on long term basis. |
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The
focus....... |
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To have a successful weight loss it is
important to have a program which not only focuses on
immediate weight loss but also has
an inbuilt focus on prevention of weight
gain, which is absolutely necessary for any successful
weight loss program. And this is possible only
thru induction of long term changes in individual behavior
relating to eating habits, food choices, exercise habits etc. This
aspect of obesity management is well taken care in the weight
management program at our centre. |
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The
team....... |
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To implement successful weight
management program we have a team of obesity
expert, nutritionists and counselors who help you in
understanding your problem, work out informed solutions customized
to your individual needs, and partner with
you in your weight management to achieve a healthy weight
and overall healthy body. |
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The
compliance....... |
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In order to ensure compliance and
achieve high rates of success we have devised health check
packages customized to the needs of obese &
overweight patients which not only help you achieving the
health goals but also provides economy on long term basis. |
