Nu-Living Weight Management Center

A bariatrician is a licensed physician (Doctor of Medicine [M.D.] or Doctor of Osteopathy [D.O.]) who, as a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP), has received special training in bariatric medicine the medical treatment of overweight and obesity and its associated conditions. Bariatricians address the obese patient with a comprehensive program of diet and nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes and, when indicated, the prescription of appetite suppressants and other appropriate medications.

...The word bariatric stems from the Greek word barros, which translates as heavy or large.

The Bariatrician recognizes that no single, or "one-size-fits-all" solution exists for the disease of obesity. He (or she) treats the individual with a comprehensive program of diet and nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes and, when indicated, the prescription of appetite suppressants and other appropriate medications. When you enroll in Nu-Living you'll receive the care and guidance of a certified Bariatric physician: Dr. Alan Terlinsky. The Doctor provides in-depth evaluations, examinations, and one-on-one sessions to educate and assist you every step of the way, to help ensure your individual success.

"Bariatrics" deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and management of obesity, overweight and weight-related health problems. Bariatric physicians receive extensive specialized education that enables them to design safe, effective weight loss and management programs based on the most advanced medical knowledge and tailored to each patient's unique needs.

While any licensed physician can offer a medical weight loss program to patients, members of the ASBP have been exposed, through an extensive continuing medical education program, to specialized knowledge, tools and techniques to enable them to design specialized medical weight loss programs tailored to the needs of individual patients and modify the programs, if needed, as the treatment progresses. ASBP members are uniquely equipped to treat overweight and obesity and associated conditions.

A physician-supervised medical weight loss program may be the safest and wisest way to lose weight and maintain the loss. Overweight and obesity are frequently accompanied by other medical conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer and others. A bariatric physician is trained to detect and treat these conditions, which might go undetected and untreated in a non-medical weight loss program.