Weight Management:
Education Sections Regarding Weight Loss:
Start Here: Obesity: Impact on Health and Pain
Accurate Clinic Weight Loss Program
A Personalized Approach
Losing weight is personal. We recognize that each individual has their own needs relative to losing weight so each person requires a unique, personalized treatment plan that will provide them the greatest success for losing weight. The backbone of any and all successful weight loss programs is to burn more calories than you take in, so that your body burns excess fat. But not everyone metabolizes their food exactly in the same way and not everyone eats the same way or for the same reasons.
For anyone to successfully maintain a lifestyle and pattern of eating that allows for continued weight loss, it requires making changes. At Accurate Clinic we create specific, individualized diet and/or exercise programs to successfully make those changes happen:
We have THE program for you:
- If you are looking for a program that is simple and affordable, quick and easy
- If you have limited weight loss needs focused on just that small belly “pooch”
- If you have complex needs – like eating behaviors that are difficult to control
- If you want to learn more about nutrition, diet, supplements, genetics and obesity, exercise and mind/body approaches to weight loss
– we have THE program for you!
Insurance Coverage
Although we do not accept insurance for direct billing, we do have a full-time staff member who will obtain insurance reimbursement for those patients who do have insurance that allows for out of network coverage and have met their deductible. Be aware also, however, that not all prescribed medications may be covered by your insurance. Please talk with Staff when checking in for your appointment to determine if we can get insurance to reimburse you for your visits.
Individualized Weight Loss Components:
Body Composition Analysis
On your intake visit, we will perform a Body Composition Analysis (BCA) of you. This will provide us with not simply your BMI, but a extensive breakdown of your percent body fat, percent skeletal muscle mass, percent body water and a measure of your visceral fat level. Moreover, we will be able to calculate your daily calorie needs for maintenance of your current weight and from that we can provide you with a definitive target calorie intake to allow a predictable rate of reliable weight loss. See: Body Composition Analysis
Assessment and Management of Maladaptive or Dysfunctional Eating Behaviors
Successful weight loss requires addressing not only what and how much one eats, but also why one eats. The fact is, the drive to eat is not simply based on hunger but also on appetite. In this case, the distinction between hunger and appetite is that hunger is a non-specific physiological desire to eat in which anything within reach will generally suffice. Appetite in this case however, represents a drive to eat that is not based entirely on hunger and may not even include hunger, but instead it is a drive to eat in response to pleasure, stress, boredom or emotion. These eating behaviors can often contribute to excessive calorie intake that contribute to being overweight and thwart efforts to lose weight. At Accurate Clinic we will help assess your eating behaviors so that any maladaptive or dysfunctional eating behaviors can be identified and treated to provide greater success in weight loss.
At least 30% of obese individuals suffer from some form of addictive-like eating behavior. While the actual diagnosis of food addiction is controversial, the fact is many overweight individuals suffer the consequences of eating behaviors they cannot control. We will also help people with these problems to learn how their genetics may contribute to these behaviors and how with the use of safe, natural and effective supplements, they may gain better control of their self-defeating behaviors. We also provide counseling to those who wish to learn behavioral approaches to manage their eating.
See: Dysfunctional Eating Behaviors
Metabolic and Nutritional Testing
As part of our comprehensive approach to weight loss, we provide laboratory testing to assess for metabolic contributors to obesity as well as monitoring for complications associated with obesity. Through simple blood tests we evaluate our patients for anemia, blood sugar and electrolyte imbalances, kidney and liver problems, cholesterol levels, and thyroid testing. We will also check for pertinent vitamin levels in those at risk for deficiencies. For those patients at increased risk for “oxidative stress,” various biomarkers for inflammation can also be tested at baseline and then repeated later to assess progress in response to treatment.
We respect the financial impact extensive laboratory testing can have so we do tailor our approach based on our patient’s individual needs and financial limitations, especially for those without the benefit of health insurance.
Dietary and Nutritional Supplements
Many optional, natural, nutritional supplements and nutriceuticals as well as medical foods may be recommended for health maintenance and assistance in weight loss. Recent research has identified a number of supplements that are believed to not only facilitate weight loss but also provide protection against “oxidative stress,” the condition associated with excessive fat that contributes to the increased risk for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, liver disease and certain cancers.
At AC we suggest multiple complementary and alternative medical (CAM) approaches to health care. See: Nutritional Supplements
Medication Management for Appetite Suppression
While most people in our weight loss program do not need the use of prescription medications to lose weight, prescription medications may be appropriate for some and can be prescribed. Please consult with our physician for further information.
New treatments that are well-tolerated and able to provide substantial, sustained weight loss over the long term are needed. A new class of drugs, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) appear to meet these needs by offering safe and effective weight loss.
However, there has been an explosion of recent developments in weight loss medications that can match the significant amount of weight loss offered by surgery. These medications include the GLP-1 Receptor Agonists of which Ozempic (semaglutide) is perhaps the best known.
Affordable NLAL Lipolysis – Lose inches safely in weeks! (temporarily on hold)
To accelerate your weight loss in targeted areas, especially around the waist, we offer NLAL, an advanced lipolysis technology that is fast, painless and effective in contouring your weight loss to specific body areas including abdomen, thighs and arms. Through the use of a series of only several 20 minute sessions, one can see rapid, focused, measurable loss of targeted fat.
The use of NLAL Lipolysis may also provide the added benefit of reducing the loss of muscle mass that is an inevitable part of weight loss, often amounting to as much as 30% of weight lost. In addition, the NLAL may also help avoid or break through the frequently experienced weight loss “plateau,” in which one one’s weight loss progress levels out due to the body’s metabolic adaptation to losing weight. For more information on our NLAL Lipolysis, see our “NLAL Lipolysis Program.”
Genetic Testing (temporarily on hold)
Diet
Genetic research has taught us that people vary in the way that they metabolize different foods such that they may respond better to individualized diets based on differing balances of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
Eating Behaviors
A great deal has been learned in the last few years about how a persons DNA may unconsciously drive them to inappropriate eating that leads to obesity. With a simple oral swab of your saliva we can evaluate your DNA and potentially identify genetic findings that can guide us to better understand your cravings or impulsive eating and, more importantly, direct a treatment plan aimed at overcoming your genetic variants.
Exercise
In addition to genetic insights into diet and eating behaviors, DNA testing can also help understand how an individual may respond differently to types of exercise such as resistance vs endurance training. Through our genetic testing and consultation with our certified personal trainer, we can help direct our patients to more effective exercise programs for both fitness and weight loss.
Insurance
Commercial insurance coverage may apply towards your weight loss care.
-> please consult our medical billing dept. to confirm your level of reimbursement.
Discounts:
Established Patient Discount
For patients who are also enrolled in our Chronic Pain, Cardiovascular Wellness, Male Wellness, or Addiction Recovery programs, substantial discounts are available for the Weight Loss Program. Please inquire if you are interested in learning more about these other health care programs available at Accurate Clinic.
The Clan Plan Discount
Our patients will have greater success losing weight if those close to them are also engaged in a weight loss effort. For this reason we extend the same discount to family members or house-mates of established patients.
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