Weight Management

Halifax Health - Weight Management has more than two decades of experience helping clients lose weight and maintain that weight loss through a variety of medically-based approaches. We are proud to offer a team of highly credentialed healthcare professionals that includes physicians, registered dietitians and exercise physiologists with the expertise to identify the right plan for each individual.

Successful weight management is a matter of learning and practicing new skills. The program focuses on teaching you new lifestyle skills that will reduce weight and improve overall health. With a vast variety of options ranging from aggressive HMR low calorie meal replacements to more gradual structured meal plans - your plan is catered to you. As a participant, you will have one-on-one sessions with a registered dietitian, exercise physiologist and physician along with weekly behavioral modification classes and weigh-ins with our dietitian.

Participants are given a free membership to the Wellness Center during their time in the program and a personalized exercise plan developed by our exercise physiologist.

If you are interested in the program you do not need a physician’s referral. Call us today to attend a free orientation session and receive further details about the program.

Medical Director

Roxy Maresse, Jr.,MD

Exercise Physiologists

Lynn Blanford, MS, Coordinator
Anna Slavich, MS
Pete Carhart

Registered Dietitians

Karen Hurd, RD, LD/N
Michelle Zachry, MPH, RD, LD/N

Weekly Classes

Participants attend behavioral modification classes once a week. Patients are weighed at this class along with blood pressure checks.

Wellness Center

Participants undergo a fitness evaluation, have an exercise program developed and are given a “free” membership to our Wellness Center while in the program.

Insurance

We will accept insurance if weight management programs are authorize by the policy. Medicare, Medicaid and Patient Assistance programs are not covered at this time.

Are you ready to lose weight and enjoy a “Lighter Lifestyle?”

Halifax Health – Weight Management has a Lighter Lifestyles program for you. Our medically supervised program can help you acquire the necessary skills to lose weight, maintain your weight loss and improve your overall health and quality of life. We give you access to the expertise of many health professionals who will give you no-nonsense advice in the areas of nutrition, exercise, stress management, lifestyle modification and disease prevention. There are a variety of weight loss programs tailored to meet your individual needs to choose from:

Lifestyle Plan

Individualized meal plans that use “real food” in combination with an exercise program. Promotes 1-2 pound fat loss per week.

Pharmaceutical

Medications in conjunction with an individualized meal plan and an exercise program. Patients must have a BMI of 27 or higher. Patients considering this plan will be evaluated for appropriateness and contraindications before starting.

Very Low Calorie

Our most aggressive structured eating plan using Health Management Resources Products (HMR). Calories are kept between 520-800 calories/day. Patients consume 5 HMR weight loss shakes or soups daily. HMR prepackaged entrees and snack bars may be added. No “real” food allowed. Weekly physician visits and biweekly labs are part of the program.

5+5 Plan

A moderately aggressive structured eating plan averaging 800 calories/day minimum. Patients will consume five HMR weight loss shakes or soup daily along with five servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily. No other “real food” allowed. Two physician visits each month and monthly labs are part of the program.

Healthy Solutions

A structured eating plan using HMR weight loss shakes and entrees along with five servings of fruits and/or vegetables. Calories average 1200 per day. No other “real” food allowed.