Physician-led obesity medicine
Your care is led by a physician board certified in obesity medicine who assesses your health, determines whether medication is appropriate, keeps track of your progress and adjusts your treatment over time.
Physician-led weight management for better metabolic health.
Maintaining a healthy weight can be complex.
Many factors influence how your body manages weight, including genetics, hormones, metabolism, medications, sleep, stress, underlying health conditions, nutrition and physical activity.
You may wonder what it means when we talk about your metabolic health. Metabolic health reflects how effectively your body uses and stores energy. It also includes measures like blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and body composition. Understanding your metabolic health can help you get a clearer picture of what may be influencing your weight and overall health.
That’s why effective weight management requires more than willpower — and often, more than medication alone.
Our weight and metabolic health program combines:
We will build a plan designed to help you achieve meaningful results while improving your overall metabolic health.
Our program is led by Dr. Anil Maheshwari ,a physician board certified in obesity medicine. The program also includes a team of other specialists from different practice areas. Our team looks at all aspects of your health to understand what’s influencing your weight and develop a personalized treatment plan.
Losing weight can be important, but it’s only one measure of your progress.
Our team looks at the broader picture of your metabolic health, including:
By understanding these factors together, we can help you work toward better health — not simply a lower number on the scale.
Weight-loss medications can be highly effective if you’re eligible, but they work best as part of comprehensive medical care.
Your healthcare provider will determine whether medication is appropriate for you, keep a close eye on how you respond to it and adjust your treatment as needed. At the same time, your registered dietitian will help you develop personalized strategies for nutrition, appetite and cravings, behaviour change and habits you can keep up over time.
Together, we focus on supporting weight loss, metabolic health, muscle maintenance and your long-term success.
Your care is led by a physician board certified in obesity medicine who assesses your health, determines whether medication is appropriate, keeps track of your progress and adjusts your treatment over time.
Medication is integrated with personalized nutrition, behaviour changes, lifestyle strategies and ongoing medical support — because sustainable weight management requires more than a prescription alone.
We look beyond weight to consider body composition, muscle health, blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and other factors that influence your current and future health using the latest testing and lab results.
You’ll begin with a consultation with our physician to assess goals and create a plan. This includes focused medical and nutrition support to help you start treatment, establish an effective plan and build momentum. Ideal if you’re looking for targeted physician and nutrition support for a shorter period.
Our most comprehensive approach begins with a consultation with our physician so you can talk about your goals and create a plan. It offers extended physician and dietitian care, advanced body composition monitoring, regular blood work and additional wellness support (fitness and mental health). Designed to help you achieve and sustain long-term results, it’s an ideal choice if you’re looking for care from different specialists and ongoing support.
| Program Features | Essentials | Enhanced |
|---|---|---|
| Program length | 3 months | 18 months |
| Program focus | Build your personalized medical weight-management plan | Build a personal, comprehensive, long-term metabolic health and weight management plan for sustainable change |
| Best for | Patients seeking focused physician and nutrition support | Patients seeking deeper, multidisciplinary care (including fitness and mental health consultations) and long-term support |
| Medical care | Monthly physician visits | Regular physician visits throughout 18 months |
| Testing | Baseline blood work and body composition scans with three-month follow-up | Quarterly blood work and DEXA scans every six months |
| Medication | Assessment, prescribing and monitoring as clinically appropriate | Assessment, prescribing, ongoing monitoring and long-term medication plan as clinically appropriate |
| Nutrition | 1:1 registered dietitian sessions (6 sessions) | 1:1 registered dietitian sessions (28 sessions) |
| Wellness consultations | Opportunity to connect with our fitness, rehab or mental health teams. Choose the wellness sessions right for you and your journey! | Exercise – 1 x 60 min., 14 x 30 min. sessions; Mental Health – 6 x 60 min. sessions; Physiotherapist – 1 x 40 min., 14 x 30 min. sessions; Chiropractor – 1 x 40 min., 13 x 30 min. sessions |
| Program Features | ||
| Program length | ||
| Essentials | ||
| 3 months | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| 18 months | ||
| Program focus | ||
| Essentials | ||
| Build your personalized medical weight-management plan | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| Build a personal, comprehensive, long-term metabolic health and weight management plan for sustainable change | ||
| Best for | ||
| Essentials | ||
| Patients seeking focused physician and nutrition support | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| Patients seeking deeper, multidisciplinary care (including fitness and mental health consultations) and long-term support | ||
| Medical care | ||
| Essentials | ||
| Monthly physician visits | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| Regular physician visits throughout 18 months | ||
| Testing | ||
| Essentials | ||
| Baseline blood work and body composition scans with three-month follow-up | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| Quarterly blood work and DEXA scans every six months | ||
| Medication | ||
| Essentials | ||
| Assessment, prescribing and monitoring as clinically appropriate | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| Assessment, prescribing, ongoing monitoring and long-term medication plan as clinically appropriate | ||
| Nutrition | ||
| Essentials | ||
| 1:1 registered dietitian sessions (6 sessions) | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| 1:1 registered dietitian sessions (28 sessions) | ||
| Wellness consultations | ||
| Essentials | ||
| Opportunity to connect with our fitness, rehab or mental health teams. Choose the wellness sessions right for you and your journey! | ||
| Enhanced | ||
| Exercise – 1 x 60 min., 14 x 30 min. sessions; Mental Health – 6 x 60 min. sessions; Physiotherapist – 1 x 40 min., 14 x 30 min. sessions; Chiropractor – 1 x 40 min., 13 x 30 min. sessions |
You can upgrade from the Essentials to the Enhanced program at any time. Additional wellness support is available after the program concludes.
Ready to get started? Please contact our team at wlm@ccf.org.