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Medical Weight-Loss

During your initial visit you'll undergo an initial consultation where a clinician will ask about your health and medical history, your lifestyle and exercise habits and determine your body mass index (BMI) and identify the best lifestyle for you to incorporate in your everyday life.


Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity Program

A body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2, for the prevention or early detection of illness or disability.

Intensive behavioral therapy for obesity consists of the following:

  • Basic Metabolic Index (BMI) will be calculated
  • Dietary (nutritional) assessment
  • Intensive behavioral counseling and behavioral therapy to promote sustained weight loss through high intensity interventions on diet and exercise.


The intensive behavioral intervention for obesity consists of a USPSTF 5-A framework:

Assess: behavioral health risk(s) and factors affecting choice of behavior change goals/methods.

Advise: Give clear, specific, and personalized behavior change advice, including information about personal health harms and benefits.

Agree: Collaboratively select appropriate treatment goals and methods based on your interest in and willingness to change the behavior.

Assist: Using behavior change techniques (self-help and/or counseling), to help aid you in achieving agreed-upon goals by acquiring the skills, confidence, and social/environmental supports for behavior change, supplemented with adjunctive medical treatments when appropriate.

Arrange: Schedule follow-up visits (in person or by telephone) to provide ongoing assistance/support and to adjust the treatment plan as needed, including referral to more intensive or specialized treatment.

  • Semaglutide For Weight Loss:

Semaglutide is an injectable drug formulated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but it’s since become increasingly popular as a weight loss treatment. While the drug—commonly known by brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy— helps reduce blood glucose to normal levels, it also slows the passage of food through the stomach and reduces appetite, often resulting in weight reduction. “Semaglutide is FDA-approved as Wegovy for chronic weight management in individuals with or without diabetes,”

What Is Semaglutide?

Semaglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist that works by mimicking the activity of GLP-1, a hormone released in the intestine after eating. GLP-1 triggers insulin production, thereby reducing blood sugar levels, and interacts with parts of the brain to decrease hunger and promote feelings of satiety. Different forms of semaglutide are FDA-approved for treating type 2 diabetes or obesity (in conjunction with diet and exercise).

*Other medications offered: Phentermine & Skinny Shots