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Weight Loss services offered in Winchester, TN
Maintaining a healthy weight is integral to feeling your best and preventing acute conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Shannon Foster, MD, Sean Foster, PA, and the Restoration Primary Care PLLC team in Winchester, Tennessee, provide counseling and medications to help you lose weight and keep it off for good. Call the office now or book a consultation online for a personalized weight loss plan and ongoing support.
What health risks are associated with being overweight?
Carrying extra weight increases your risk for significant health problems like heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and obstructive sleep apnea. Excess weight also puts immense pressure on your joints, causing pain, limiting mobility, and making it difficult to complete everyday activities.
Being overweight can also affect your fertility, cause pregnancy problems, and interfere with your overall quality of life.
How do I know if I am overweight?
To determine if you're overweight, a good place to start is by calculating your Body Mass Index (BMI), which compares your weight to your height. A BMI between 25 and 29.9 typically means that you're overweight, while 30 and above puts you in the obese category.
You can also measure your waist circumference since excess belly fat can increase your health risk. The Restoration Primary Care PLLC team can help you determine if you’re overweight, by how much, and what your ideal weight should be.
How does losing weight improve my health?
Losing weight offers numerous health benefits, including:
- Reducing your risk for chronic and critical conditions
- Improving your mobility
- Increasing your energy
- Enhancing your sleep quality
- Boosting your mental health
Notably, sustained weight loss enhances your overall quality of life and improves your health.
What weight loss solutions are available?
To support your weight loss journey, the Restoration Primary Care PLLC team provides a combination of counseling and medication. Weight loss counseling addresses disordered and emotional eating, which enables you to identify triggers, improve eating patterns, build healthy habits, and set achievable goals.
Medications, such as semaglutide and other GLP-1 medicines, can support weight loss by reducing appetite and inhibiting fat absorption. Your knowledgeable provider meets with you to discuss your goals, understand your dieting and health history, and tailor an approach that meets your needs.
The team also works with you to evaluate lifestyle factors like exercise, diet, sleep, and supplement intake so they can make detailed recommendations that help you reach your target weight.
To learn more about how to take off that extra weight once and for all, contact Restoration Primary Care PLLC today or book online at your convenience.