Experts believe that a medical weight loss clinic or a slimming center should focus on the “proper supervision” of the nutritional and medical needs of obese people. It isn’t an easy job say trainers and specialists in the field who are trying to completely transform the lives of people towards better health and living.
What Issues Does a Well-Run Medical Weight Loss Clinic Address?
A well-run medical weight loss clinic or slimming center addresses the following issues seriously and more promptly than otherwise done:
- All patients who desire to lose their uncontrolled body fat undergo a thorough examination by a qualified doctor. After examining the obese patients on the grounds of personal and family history, the doctor will diagnose the underlying cause of obesity and will suggest blood tests if required.
- Once everything is established and explained, the obese person eats exactly how the doctor wants him or her to eat for about a week. During this time the obese patients needs to dot down the following details in his or her diary — what is being eaten, the amount that is being consumed, the method of cooking and in which hour of the day or how many times the foods are consumed.
- After one week, the obese patient needs to go for a second visit to the medical weight loss clinic where a nutritionist examines the patient on the grounds of the details filled in the diary, that is, the kind of food eaten, the amount eaten and the hour when it is consumed.
- After the nutritionist carries out a thorough evaluation, the obese patient returns to the doctor diagnosing him or her for an underlying cause of obesity. Thereafter, the doctor makes further corrections to the food habits which are more sensible, practical and individual-specific to depend and follow-up on. Some cardinal rules laid down by the doctor are:
- Once, a person has achieved the desired weight loss, one visit every 2-3 months is considered absolutely mandatory. This is done for a regular follow-up on the weight dynamics of an obese person.
a) No meals should be skipped at any cost
b) Obese persons should give up quick loss diets or crash diets to slim down fast
c) No diet pills should be taken for sudden or effective weight loss
d) No strenuous exercises should be performed
e) Thee should be no changes in the diet unless recommended by the family doctor or specialist
Benefits of a Well-Run Medical Weight Loss Clinic
A well-run medical weight loss clinic provides the following benefits:
- Encouragement and hope to achieve effective weight loss
- Under no circumstances are the patients made to feel guilty for their failure to meet the desired weight
- Instead, an attempt is made to find out what is it that caused the patient to not keep up with the set eating habits and/or foods
- A conscious effort made by doctors to explain how excess weight affects the body, mind and behavior of a person through charts, diagrams, etc
- Effective monitoring through weight measurements, food diaries maintained by patients, etc
- Sympathetic and unique approach for every different patient
The key to a well-rum medical weight loss clinic or slimming center therefore lies in making the obese patients accept and overcome the underlying cause of obesity more effectively and gradually.
