About Medical Weight Loss
Proper eating habits and exercise are the primary keys to good health. Understanding good nutrition can help you stay healthy. Through a variety of programs on nutrition and eating for specific health conditions Dr. Gahni and the staff at the Centers for Weight will assist you to lose the weight and to keep it off.
Being overweight is more than an appearance issue. When a person is severely overweight, especially over an extended period of time, the excess weight will take its toll on the body. Just as the steady drip of water on a rock can erode rock into sand, so too does obesity erode your good health.
Obesity can lead to the following health complications:
- High cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Sleep apnea (breathing stops while sleeping)
- Shortness of breath (when climbing stairs, for example)
- Heart disease
- Renal (kidney) disease
- Gastrointestinal problems
- High blood pressure
- Urine leakage when coughing
- Back pain, knee pain, and hip pain.
While the symptoms may be treated, obesity is a chronic disease and the conditions may return. And just as no two people are alike, weight management treatment may need to be varied and a lifelong maintenance program is usually needed.
If the obesity is not caused by a medical condition, then a weight management program may be required. Weight management programs typically include individual nutrition counseling with a registered dietician who provides an individualized food plan. The nutrition counseling should provide information on proper eating habits as well as understanding what constitutes good nutrition.
