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The Medical Weight Management Program is a 26-week medically supervised program. You will meet with a nurse practitioner for weekly medical visits throughout the program. These visits are used to monitor your progress and provide care for managing weight loss. The nurse practitioner provides updates of your progress to your primary care physician. You will receive nutrition and exercise assessments as well as a motivational assessment. These are used to design your individual nutrition and exercise plans.
Our multi-disciplinary team helps you achieve healthy weight loss by developing a plan with you that best meets your individual needs, tastes, and abilities. Our professional weight loss team includes an internal medicine physician, nurse practitioner, a registered dietitian, exercise physiologists, and a psychologist.
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There are no supplements required. Rather, the goal is to become healthy by eating regular food, exercising, and modifying previous unhealthy behaviors.
The Medical Weight Management clinical staff provides a weekly class with topics alternating between nutrition, behavior, and exercise. Class topics include: Supermarket Safari, Time Management, Your Personal Fitness Profile, Healthy Meals in a Flash, Portion Extortion, Environmental Control, Healthy Dining Out, and much more.
Exercise
Exercise at the Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center is guided by our exercise physiologists using state-of-the-art equipment. When you join the program, you will have access to the Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center equipment for the duration of the 26 weeks at no additional charge. |
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Maintenance Program
After completing the 26-week program, many patients wish to continue healthy exercise in a safe environment. The Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center rehab facility use can be extended by paying a monthly fee. Please contact the Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center for more details.Support meetings are provided monthly for graduates of the Medical Weight Management Program. The $10 fee is waived for those already paying the Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center facility fee.
Our Team
- Medical Director: Dr. David Folkmier (Internal Medicine)
- Nurse Practitioner: Kay Beebe, RN, MSN, APRN-BC
- Dietitian: Jeanette Waite, MS, RD, CDE,
- Exercise Physiologist: Karen Burnett
The Program
- 26 weeks in length
- Weekly 1-hour group classes (nutrition, exercise, and behavior modification)
- Initial consultation with the nurse practitioner
- Weekly medical visits with the nurse practitioner throughout the program
- Individualized nutritional assessment
- Exercise assessment with an individualized plan designed for you
- No additional charge for use of the Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center exercise equipment during specified hours
- Support of a comprehensive medical team that specializes in weight management
Fees and Insurance Coverage
- Fee coverage and co-pays vary according to individual insurance plans
- MHP’s Center for Weight Management & Bariatric Surgery programs are deemed a Center of Excellence by Priority Health
For more information, contact Kay Beebe, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, at (231) 672-4972 or beebek@trinity-health.org.