Doctors in the Willis Knighton Physician Network can offer you recommendations for medical weight loss. Several offer specific programs to support weight loss and help people learn lifestyle and dietary habits as they work to attain a healthy weight level, prevent diabetes or better learn how to keep their diabetes under control.
Metabolic Disease & Obesity Clinic – This program was developed by Dr. Maurie Patterson following graduate training at the Joslin Diabetes Center. Joslin is the world’s largest diabetes research center, which is associated with Harvard Medical School. Working with Dr. Patterson is a dietitian from Willis Knighton Diabetes & Nutrition. It is available not only for anyone who has been diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes but also for those who have been who struggle with obesity and hypertension. It is recommended for someone who has a history of blood pressure greater than 130/80, HgbA1c greater than 5.5 or a fasting glucose greater than 100, and body mass index (BMI) greater than 30. Patients remain under the care of their primary physician during and following completion of the program. It is located at WK Internal Medicine Portico Center.
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WK Wonder Kids is the first program in our region to manage obesity in children using a multi-disciplinary care team approach. Each new patient visit consists of three separate comprehensive clinical evaluations from: a pediatrician, a mental health professional and a registered dietician. After the initial appointment, the care team collaborates to develop personalized action plans that address each child’s specific medical, psychological, and nutritional needs. Follow-up visits are focused on monitoring, measuring, and adjusting patient-specific health needs.
To qualify for the Wonder Kids program, children and adolescents between the ages of two through 18 must have a Body Mass Index greater than or equal to the 95th percentile of CDC sex-specific growth charts. New patients also require a referral from their Primary Care physician. All insurances are accepted.
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