Medical Weight Loss

We have been helping people lose weight successfully for over 25 years. We have a success rate of 90% and now it is your turn for success! The yo-yo diet stops here! You are going to learn how to change your lifestyle and eat healthy for the rest of your life. Are you ready to lose weight and keep it off? Once you step inside our clinic that is what you are going to do. We would like to introduce our clinic and the services we provide our community for America's obesity healthy crisis. We offer a wide range of services for our weight challenged patients. As a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, we adhere to strict guidelines for weight loss success. Which include the following:

HISTORY: Recorded patient a medical history including dietary status, weight and mental status. Patients fill out history and a bariatric physician personally evaluates significant positive responses and makes appropriate notations.

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: Patient examination includes height, weight, blood pressure and pulse. According to patient age and state of health additional examinations are done accordingly. This includes examination of the head, neck, thyroid, heart, lungs, abdomen, and extremities and is included in the patient record to indicate status of observations made.

DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES: Healthy Habits offers complete "executive type" laboratory studies. Complete male and female hormone panels, thyroid function in addition to any other laboratory work indicated. We also offer Electrocardiograms if indicated for patients with evidence of present or past significant cardiac disease or strong family history or cardiac disease.

BODY COMPOSITION: Using skin folds, infrared or impedance testing may be performed as additional testing.

PATIENT COUNSELING: We offer counseling in proper eating habits, exercise, behavior modification, medications, vitamin injections, Fat burning injections, internal cleansing, and other aspects of therapy, prior to and during the weight loss program. Return Visits scheduled for adequate periodic follow-up and counseling for our patients.

MEDICATION AND OTHER THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES: Healthy Habits weighs the potential benefits and risk of any medication or modality used. Through extensive research and training we offer and provide a valuable source of information regarding ASBP Anorectic Usage Guidelines. Providing information on the benefits and risks of the proposed treatment modalities used always keeping patients understanding in mind. Medications dispensed are packaged and labeled in accordance with applicable laws and proper record keeping is maintained.

MAINTENANCE: Quality individual maintenance is provided to each patient until their weight loss goals are achieved. You will need to make an appointment for refilling monthly. Optimum results are attained by coming into the clinic 1-3 times a week for vitamin and fat burning injections. Your program is designed for sensible, healthy weight loss. Our office continually strives to offer patients information in all areas of dieting, weight loss, exercise and health. Our main objective is to cause your body to return into a state of excellent health and function. Through a detoxified system, improved digestion, balance metabolism and a healthier diet you will have no trouble maintaining a healthy weight.

If our services interest you we would be happy to set an appointment to come to our office and discuss the programs and services we provide.

These services provided by Deborah Hollingsworth, MSN, FNP-C and Paul Battershell, FNP