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Obesity Consult
Center Services |
- An initial 2- or 3-session evaluation is required for all
patients
- Personalized individual behavioral health sessions to achieve
and maintain healthier habits
- A variety of optional group treatments are available, including:
- basic and advanced weight loss skills
- groups for patients after weight loss surgery
- An initial medical consultation is required for all patients
- OCC internists will review your medical and weight history
to determine if further evaluation or testing is needed
- OCC internists coordinate the use of weight loss medications
and specialized diets
- Supervision of patients with medical problems such as diabetes
or hypertension during weight loss
- Metabolic rate testing, if indicated
- Our registered dietitians are experts in obesity treatment
with dual emphasis on diet and lifestyle changes
- Individual lifestyle and dietary counseling and meal plan
development
- Group counseling
- Very Low Calorie Diets liquid diets for use in the
short-term to accelerate weight loss
- The Center for Minimally Invasive Obesity Surgery
- All patients desiring surgery must meet a surgeon for an in-depth
discussion of surgery
- OCC surgeons are experts whose careers are devoted to weight
loss surgery
- OCC surgeons will discuss if, how, and when an operation can
be offered
- Most weight loss surgeries at Tufts-New England Medical Center
are performed laparoscopically
- OCC surgeons recognize the need for long-term follow-up and
surgery is just the beginning of a long relationship with your
surgeon your surgeon will follow you for life
- This is a required part of the surgical program
- Weekly educational lecture series covers lifestyle intervention
strategies for the at risk cardiac and obese patient,
cardiovascular conditioning and muscle strengthening and other
fitness issues for our pre- and post-op patients.
- $400 fee for patients desiring weight loss surgery
is not covered by medical insurance
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