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Medical Weight Loss Services
Keeping your weight in a healthy, normal range is essential. For those struggling to maintain a healthy weight with diet and exercise alone, our team at Novacare Medical can provide medical weight-loss treatments for patients throughout the East Bridgewater, MA community. Our medical weight loss treatments can help change how you approach your body and allow you a healthier, active lifestyle.
The Effects of Obesity On Your Health
People with obesity are more likely to be at risk for health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer than those with an average weight. Because of this, the relationship between weight and mortality is higher, as it’s commonly related to those having greater body mass index (BMI).
Exercise and dieting are considered essential, primary forms of prevention for obesity, as they both reduce the risk of obesity-related health problems. However, many people today aren’t able to lose weight through diet and exercise alone. This is because numerous factors can play into how your body metabolizes its nutrition and caloric intake, causing a slower process and leading to a weight loss plateau for people who’ve been dieting for years.
Many factors can play into your lack of weight loss, from underlying medical conditions to unrealistic expectations. Luckily, our medications and treatments can help with weight loss. While these treatments do not take the place of diet and exercise, they can help change how you view food and interact with your body in a healthier, more realistic way.
Our Weight Loss Treatment Plan at Novacare Medical
At Novacare Medical, we offer weight loss treatment plans to help people change how they eat and interact with their bodies. Our treatments are appropriate for those with a BMI of 30 or greater, or a BMI between 27 and 29.9, and who have weight-related medical problems, such as diabetes, heart disease, or high blood pressure. When you visit our team, our consultation will include a variety of options for weight loss, including:
- Behavioral Therapy: Our team, nurse specialists, and physicians can provide behavioral therapy for patients with obesity. As part of our primary care, behavioral therapy can help modify food intake, improve physical activity, and help control triggers related to overeating.
- Medication Therapy: Our medications work to reduce your appetite and change the way you digest food. They can be used for initial or long-term weight loss plans to help you maintain meaningful weight loss.
- Intragastric Balloon Therapy: In some cases, surgeries can help induce weight loss by controlling how the body sustains food intake. Intragastric balloon therapy is a minimally invasive, temporary method for weight loss by relying on saline or air-filled balloons placed in the stomach to promote fullness.
- Bariatric Surgery: In other cases, bariatric procedures can help improve behaviors and attitudes toward weight loss. These include hormone-alteration, volume restrictive, and nutrient-malabsorptive procedures to achieve weight loss.
This list does not include every medical weight loss condition that we offer.
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At Novacare Medical, we’re here to help you lose weight and keep your health a priority. We accept all major insurance plans, offer same-day appointments, and always welcome walk-ins. We’re open seven days a week and gladly accept new patients. Visit Novacare Medical in East Bridgewater, MA, to see how we can help you achieve a healthy lifestyle.
