Weight Loss Surgery

GOAL: Sustained weight loss & optimal health

Fact: Diets don’t work. In fact, studies show that individuals who diet are more likely to regain the weight (often regaining to a weight greater than their pre-diet weight).

Fact: Sustained weight loss and optimal health require dietary and behavior modifications. These changes include quantity & quality of food choices, as well as activity.

Fact: Weight loss surgery is not a diet – it is a tool. Unlike a diet, weight loss surgery – providing functional restriction & some malabsorption (gastric bypass only) - enables you to make these lasting changes. Thus, weight loss surgery may provide permanent weight loss.

Fact: A tool is only as good as its user. Nutrition counseling before, during, and after weight loss surgery provides you with the education, practice, and support to successfully use your weight loss tool. Focusing on your lifestyle, your habits, and your preferences, we develop goals and strategies for successful implementation of necessary dietary and behavior modifications.

Your PERSONALIZED Weight Loss Surgery Program Includes:

1. Evaluation: Provides Insurance report and Evaluation for MD ($120)
2. Pre-Operative Education: Nutrition Plan for Pre-Op and Post-Op periods; should be scheduled when you receive a surgery date and no later than one week before surgery ($60).
3. Post-Operative Follow-Up: First appointment should be scheduled approximately 4 weeks after surgery ($60)
4. Follow-Up Visits: To be determined on individual basis ($60)
5. Body Composition Testing: Tests Fat Mass vs. Fat-Free Mass (Am I losing fat or muscle?) and Water Content (am I dehydrated?). Non-invasive. ($60)

*Insurance Superbills will be provided for all visits.
**Patient has sole responsibility for submitting these claims to their insurance company.