Weight Management
Maintaining a healthy body weight is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Whether you need to lose a lot of weight or a little—or even if you just help maintaining your current weight—Christiana Care offers a comprehensive range of services that can effectively meet your individual needs. The right treatment for your weight might be a combination of two or more of these options. These include:
- Exercise services, including medically supervised excercise that helps you to reach your fitness goals.
- Nutrition counseling, diet and meal planning.
- Psychological counseling and behavior therapy.
- Group fitness and nutrition classes.
- Weight-loss seminars and support groups.
- Weight-loss surgery at our Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.
Being overweight or obese can lead to other health problems, but you can take comfort in the fact that Christiana Care's weight-management services can refer you to other Christiana Care programs if your health warrants it. These might include one of our sleep centers, the Center for Heart & Vascular Health, our top-rated diabetes program or others.
Most of us think of obesity as a being extremely overweight; however obesity is a disease of excess body fat. Health professionals define overweight as too much body weight, which includes muscle, bone, fat and water. Some people, such as bodybuilders or other muscular athletes, can be overweight without being obese.
The important thing to remember is that weight and obesity can be treated. Even if you have tried many times before and failed, we can help.
