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The TMC weight loss and metabolic center has a multidisciplinary team of experts that can provide the full range of treatment options for individuals with uncomplicated or complicated mild, moderate or severe obesity.
Weight Loss and Metabolic Center
Obesity and Health
Obesity is currently recognized as a chronic disease wherein there is excessive accumulation of fat in the body caused by multiple factors that adversely affect health.
As a complex disease state characterized by having multiple causes, frequent association with weight-related medical conditions and different levels of severity, obesity requires a range of interventions. The aim of treatment is to reduce premature death, development and progression of associated medical conditions and more importantly improvement in quality of life.
Weight Loss and Metabolic Center
The TMC weight loss and metabolic center has a multidisciplinary team of experts that can provide the full range of treatment options for individuals with uncomplicated or complicated mild, moderate or severe obesity.
Weight Loss Services
Mild Obesity
Comprehensive lifestyle interventions with the advice of a trained medical nutritionist/dietitian, sports physician and counsellor in reducing caloric intake, increase in physical activity and adherence to behavioral strategies.
Moderate to Severe Obesity
- Intensive Comprehensive Lifestyle Interventions – low to very-low calorie restriction, physical activity and behavioral strategy advice with or without prescription of weight loss medications.
- Endoscopic bariatric treatment specifically insertion of the intragastric balloon.
- Bariatric Surgery
- Common bariatric procedures all done via key-hole or laparoscopic surgery include:
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Laparoscopic Gastric bypass
Other Services
Comprehensive assessment of Obesity – Because obesity is understood to be caused by multiple factors, it is not enough to obtain a medical history. There is important information that can be gained in formulating treatment plans when a detailed nutrition, physical activity, family obesity as well as social and cultural history is included. In addition, the nature of obesity usually requires special diagnostic tests.
Body composition analysis – determining the amount and distribution of body fat as well as the amount and composition of lean body mass is essential for monitoring progress as the key to any weight loss strategy is achieving a healthy ratio of fat and other body tissues.
Post Bariatric Surgery follow-up – Not all hospitals and medical centers in the Philippines that offer bariatric or weight loss surgery have the complete roster of professionals that can provide the multidisciplinary consult essential for the post-bariatric surgery needs of patients. These services are very important particularly to prevent the long term complication of weight regain.