Weight Loss
Get healthy, live lonoger, enjoy life!
Weight loss management is much more than just looking your best. At Virtue Medical, we're dedicated to TOTAL BODY health, which includes prevention and management of disease along with an emphasis on your quality of life.
Your current state of health, body composition, diet plan, exercise regimen, medications, limitations, and sleep patterns are all taken into account. With your weight goals in mind, we can design a safe, unique, and practical plan for you.
We want to help you avoid unhealthy pitfalls that can lead to or keep you from attaining your weight loss goals. There are plenty of reasons why losing weight AND maintaining a healthy weight are essential to your health.
Complications of obesity are many and can include:
- Coronary heart disease
- Heart attacks
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Plaque build-up
- Blood vessel failure
- Blood clots
- Cancers (breast, uterine, cervical, gallbladder, pancreatic, esophageal, colon, thyroid, kidney, myeloma)
- Severe arthritis
- Gout
- Degenerative discs
- Brittle bone disease
- Increased risk of injury
- Rashes
- Chronic kidney disease
- Malabsorption
- Muscle weakness
- Infertility
- Abnormal menstrual cycles
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
- Erectile dysfunction
- Stroke
- Anxiety/ Depression
- Fatigue
- Memory problems
- Headaches/Migraines
- Asthma
- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- Hypoventilation
- Cataracts
- Fatty liver disease
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Hepatitis
- Pancreatitis
- Diabetes
- Gallbladder disease
