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Baptist Weight Loss Center
Baptist Weight Loss Center
 

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Pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace.
2 Timothy 2:22
Obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions, with more than 60 percent of our population now overweight. More Americans are eating out, and many tend to put convenience and taste ahead of nutritional content. Being overweight and obese are known risk factors for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, gallbladder disease, degeneration of cartilage and bone joints, sleep apnea and some forms of cancer.

Body Mass Index (BMI)
The Baptist Weight Loss Center offers options to help individuals whose Body Mass Index (BMI) indicates they are either overweight or obese.

BMI is the height-to-weight ratio of an individual and is determined by a mathematical formula. A BMI of 25-29.9 indicates an individual is overweight. A BMI of 30 or greater indicates an individual is obese.

 Click here to find out your BMI.

What are my options based on my BMI?
The Baptist Weight Loss Center has several options available to you:

  • Healthy Lifestyle Program
    For individuals who are overweight, Healthy Lifestyle is a free program that focuses on individual lifestyle changes to lower weight and BMI and gain control of your life. Coming spring 2005. More information will be available soon.

  • Renew: Healthy Lifestyle Solutions
    For obese individuals, Renew: Healthy Lifestyle Solutions is a 12-week program offered to help patients deal with the interpersonal, emotional and lifestyle issues that often result in obesity.


How do I learn more about laparoscopic banding or laparoscopic gastric bypass?
Individuals interested in learning more about surgical solutions for weight loss are encouraged to attend one of the free education seminars hosted by one of the hospitals below offering weight loss services. Reservations are not required. For more information, please call (901) 226-LOSE (5673).

 Free seminar and support group schedules

The following hospitals offer Weight Loss services:
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