The Big Picture on Weight Loss
Your weight is just a small part of the big picture
It's what's inside that counts. Excess weight is associated with a host of health problems, many of which have no obvious symptoms. Excess weight is hard on your body's cardiovascular system, digestive system and skeleton. The consequences can include diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, digestive problems and arthritis.
Engaging in a healthy weight management program will not only result in weight loss, but can also improve your indicators of good health: blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol levels, resting pulse, stamina, joint function, digestion, quality of sleep and overall well-being.
Medically supervised weight-loss programs can work for everyone
Our programs are customized to take into account your medical profile and health history, your food likes and dislikes, your time schedule, emotional and motivating factors, and any unique challenges. Our medical staff creates a plan that is specifically designed to work for you and your body. In the process of improving your health -- you will lose weight!
Benefits of weight loss
If you join our programs, you may achieve some if not all of these health benefits:
- Healthier weight
- Lowered blood pressure
- Lowered LDL ("bad" cholesterol) and triglyceride levels
- Raised HDL ("good" cholesterol)
- Lowered blood sugar
- Lowered resting pulse
- Increased stamina and energy
- Reduction in skeletal problems such as knee or back pain
- Decrease in body fat
- Increase in lean muscle
- Improved digestion
- Reduction in acid reflux
- Better quality of sleep and reduction in snoring and sleep apnea
- Reduced risk of cancers
- Improved overall well-being and self-esteem
Would you like more information?
Everyone knows there's no magic to losing weight -- it's simply a matter of expending more calories than you consume. But simple doesn't mean easy. Losing weight is difficult and complicated -- and no one method works for everybody. Learn more by reading It's Not Magic
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To talk with our nurse care coordinator about which one of our medically supervised weight-loss programs is right for you, please call 262-820-3880 or you may email melanie.walloch@phci.org
You'll find the medically supervised weight-loss programs located at our ProHealth Care Medical Associates, N57 W24950 N. Corporate Circle, Sussex, WI 53089.