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is a state-of-the-art, medically based weight loss  treatment program that provides intensive lifestyle education, personalized attention and follow-up, and nutritionally complete Decision-Free Diets ™.
PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY
Successful weight management is a
matter of learning and practicing new skills, not willpower. The program focuses
on teaching new lifestyle skills that will improve weight and
overall health at the same rate. | | | | |
| | DIET OPTIONS | |  1. Medically Supervised Diet
2. Healthy Solutions ®
| | 1. Medically Supervised - Program
The medically supervised diet is specially designed for those who wish to lose 30 pounds or more. This option promotes significant weight loss under medical supervision, using only nutritionally complete weight loss shakes and entrees instead of grocery store food. This is the easiest diet to follow, as it requires no decisions whatsoever about what to eat. Each week while on the Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD), patients attend a 90 minute group session led by a trained behavioral health educator. During the first 12 weeks, patients are required to attend the same group with which they began. This is necessary because the basic philosophy, as well as a core curriculum, must be delivered in sequence prior to a patient joining on-going groups. Some of the basic “program fundamentals” taught include: record-keeping, computing food and exercise calorie values, nutrition, and self management. During the first behavioral group sessions, the behavioral health educator “lay the foundations” of the program so patients are aware of the program commitments (attendance and record-keeping) from the beginning. The behavioral health educator also discusses the mathematics of weight loss, water weight fluctuations, and suggestions for making the VLCD easier. It is critical to a patient’s success that they not only learn the content area, but also learn how to apply these facts to their own lifestyle. It is for this reason that patients continue in weekly behavioral groups until they enter the maintenance or weight management phase of the program.
| | 2. Healthy Solutions
Healthy solutions promotes slower, more moderate weight loss without medical supervision. This option uses nutritionally complete weight loss shakes and entrees along with vegetables and fruits. Both options provide 100% of the U.S. R.D.A. FEATURES of Both Programs Individual Coaching and Weekly classes
Specific “how to’s” of weight loss are taught, including easy ways to lower fat and calories in the diet without feeling hungry and simple strategies to build physical activity into the daily routine.
| | Why Choose Healthy Solutions? Feel full with satisfying weight-loss shakes, entrees, vegetables, and fruits. Get complete nutrition, including essential protein, vitamins, and minerals. Save money while losing weight by spending less on groceries and restaurant foods. Stay on your diet plan with easy-to-prepare, portion-controlled foods. | | | | | |
A health risk appraisal is given to participants before and after weight loss, the profile illustrates improvements in medical and lifestyle risk factors as a result of weight loss, reinforcing new, healthier habits.
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After the weight loss phase, participants attend weekly classes where they continue to receive support while learning additional, simple strategies for successful long-term weight management. A personal coach works closely with each individual to practice and over-practice healthier weight management skills until they become second nature.
-sponsored research and weight loss data have been published in New England Journal of Medicine, International Journal of Obesity, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of the American Diatetic Association, Diabetes Care, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Annals of Internal Medicine, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Metabolism, and Preventive Medicine.
The cost varies according to length of weight loss phase and level of medical supervision. Some participants may be eligible for insurance reimbursement.
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