Weight Management services are included as part of our integrated, multi-disciplinary approach. For example, participants in the Cardium Health back pain or diabetes programs may also be overweight or obese. Because weight is a contributing factor to their primary health issue, we address this as a component of their care plan.

Our registered dietitians, behavioral health specialists, cardiac registered nurses and exercise physiologists work together to provide coordinated and comprehensive care. While one clinician serves as the participant’s primary health coach, other specialty health coaches are brought in as needed to provide goal-specific consultations.

Our clinicians have many years of experience and a caring attitude. They provide individualized diet recommendations, assist with creating food diaries, offer menu suggestions, suggest exercise programs, and lend emotional support. This integrated, personalized approach is woven into the counseling process for all of Cardium Health disease and prevention management programs.

At Cardium Health, we realize that weight management issues are complex. A weight problem is not just the result of environmental factors (large portion sizes, little activity), or heredity (family history), or health (a slow metabolism), or psychological issues (stress), but often all of these factors combined in varying degrees. Our people-centered approach treats each person as an individual with individual needs and concerns.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to helping people with weight management. Rather, each person must be counseled individually. And, each of the factors that may be contributing to the weight problem must be explored.

Cardium Health weight management services include telephonic counseling to address medical issues and psychological concerns as well as educational mailings to provide nutritional information and ideas for healthy ways to deal with the stresses of every day life.