Family History Screening
A deep dive into your personal and family medical history provides insight into genetic predispositions and flags to further explore.
About Weight Loss Management:
Our approach to weight management involves helping patients make effective, sustainable, and lasting changes in their lives in order to improve their overall wellbeing.
The goal is to be healthy. Weight management looks different from person to person, and we do not believe in one size fits all.
What is it?
A weight loss management assessment addresses current health concerns while also looking into the root causes of your weight gain. We will determine if your weight gain is affected by any or all of the following:
- Increased food intake
- Slow metabolism
- Reduced physical activity
- Mental health
- Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism
Services:
- Weight management
- Vitals and Health History review with a Registered Nurse
- Family History screening
- Body Composition Analysis
- Liver health assessment
- Comprehensive specialty laboratory testing
Why is weight loss management important?
Complications of being overweight include:
- Pulmonary Disease (abnormal lung function, sleep apnea, hypoventilation syndrome)
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (steatosis, cirrhosis)
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gynecologic Abnormalities (abnormal menses, infertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome)
- Osteoarthritis
- Skin issues
- Gout
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Stroke
- Cataracts
- Accelerated Atherosclerosis
- Diabetes
- Dyslipidemia
- Hypertension
- Severe Pancreatitis
- Cancer (breast, uterus, cervix, colon, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, prostate)
- Phlebitis (venous statis)
