Losing weight can be a challenging and complex process, by using the right approach, it can be achieved safely and effectively. It’s no longer a matter of reducing calories and increasing activity, but a management of complex interaction of different hormones regulating your weight. The hormones leptin, insulin, ghrelin, cortisol, estrogens, androgens and growth hormone influence our appetite, metabolism and body fat distribution.
The level of these hormones are influenced by sleep habits, dietary habits, stress, your emotional and psychological state. Stress causes, increase cortisol levels, which contribute to increased appetite and food intake. Sleep deprivation causes elevate ghrelin levels, increasing your appetite. Aging affects hormones, which also leads to storage of fat. Eating habits as
when we eat, what we eat and events which may cause you to over eat.
Treatment requires a personalized approach, because not all individuals need or respond to the same treatment. Some people may respond to nutrition interventions, physical activity, behavioral interventions, other require pharmacologic treatments, special surgical procedures or a combination of these methods. Patients and clinicians have to work together to ensure a comprehensive weight loss plan, which may include nutrition management, changes in physical activity, surgical options, and pharmacologic interventions, are appropriate and can be followed long term.
We can help you become more aware of your behaviors leading to weight gain and guide you to making changes. Instead of relying on will power alone, we work with you to develop the knowledge and skill needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle. We work with you to set specific, achievable, healthy and measurable weight loss goals.
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