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Weight Management Clinic

Weight Loss for a Healthier Future

Like other chronic illnesses, obesity must be managed over a lifetime. We offer a comprehensive range of services including medical weight loss, gastric bypass surgery, and lap band surgery, to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight and to decrease or eliminate the health problems associated with obesity.

Our specialized staff of medical professionals and behaviorists has extensive training and experience in weight management. Using a combination of medicine, nutrition and education, we provide a safe effective weight loss and maintenance program to designed specifically to meet your needs.

Whether you need to lose 15 pounds or 100+ pounds, we can help you.  Sign up to receive our Weight Management Clinic e-newsletter.


Weight Management = Health Management

Health experts agree that even small amounts of weight loss can have significant health benefits.

  • Improve diabetes
  • Reduce hypertension
  • Decrease cardiovascular stress
  • Eliminate sleep problems
  • Lower risk of premature death
  • Weight loss can also increase energy levels, create a sense of well-being and improve quality of life.

An Individualized Approach

Our skilled staff will help you customize a weight loss program based on your medical needs and goals for success.

Our weight management services offer:

  • Medically supervised weight loss including laboratory monitoring
  • Weekly group and or individual behavioral health sessions
  • Nutrition counseling
  • Affordable protein supplements
  • Extensive educational materials
  • Long-term maintenance program
  • Weight loss medication management

Weight Loss Surgery

We know traditional weight loss methods are not always effective for some seriously obese people. For these patients, surgical weight loss  including lap band and gastric bypass (Rouen - y) surgery may be an option. Weight Management Clinic provides evaluation and referral for this surgery. We work closely with those Billings surgeons who perform weight loss surgery, and our clinic provides the pre- and post-operative care and support to ensure your long-term success and health. Each month, a free informational seminars are held and is open to the public. Ask our staff for more information, call 237-4580.

Caring for You

For additional information on weight management visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/
http://www.billingssurgeons.org/bariatric.htm



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