The Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health team is highly trained and skilled. We are dedicated to helping you improve your health and achieve your weight loss goals.

We offer a full program, not just surgery. Using the latest approaches, we’ve helped more than 6,000 patients attain their ideal weight. We will guide you step by step through the process.

Our team of experts includes:

• Bariatric gastroenterologists
• Endocrinologists
• Preventive cardiologists and lipidologists
• Registered dietitians and Certified Diabetes Educators
• Weight loss surgeons (bariatric surgeons)

We start by reviewing your metabolic disorder and any complications you may have. This includes assessing any fat tissue disorders. The conditions we treat include:

• Diabetes and prediabetes
• High cholesterol and other lipid disorders (high triglycerides, resistant high cholesterol, high lipoprotein A, statin intolerance)
• Metabolic syndrome
• Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (formerly called fatty liver)
• Obesity

We use three approaches to help you lose weight and keep it off. These are:

• • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Diet and lifestyle counseling

 Health Impacts of Obesity

Losing at least 10 percent of your weight can make a real difference in your physical health.  It can help with:

• Sleep apnea and asthma
• Arthritis
• Back and knee pain
• Impaired quality of life

• Heart disease (including hypertension, coronary artery disease, and stroke)
• Cancer (for example, breast, colon, endometrial, gallbladder, kidney, liver, and pancreatic)
• Mental health (such as depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, and discrimination and stigma)
  • Metabolic syndrome (including type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia)

Body Mass Index

One way to figure out if you need help losing weight is by using the body mass index (BMI). This tool measures your body fat based on your height and weight.  It uses these weight categories:

• Less than 18.5: underweight
• 18.5-24.9: normal
• 25-29.9: overweight
• 30-34.9: obese (class I)
• 35-39.9: seriously obese class II)
• More than 40: seriously obese (class III)

Why Mount Sinai

We strive to do our best for our patients and their families. Our efforts have been acknowledged by a number of organizations.

Weight Loss Treatment: Medical Therapies

Prescription weight loss medications come in pills, tablets, and injections. Different approaches help you lose weight in different ways. They work by:

• Curbing your appetite
• Increasing your sense of fullness
• Stopping your body from absorbing all the calories you eat