Being overweight means more than not looking your best in a bathing
suit. It can negatively impact every facet of life, affecting your
ability to get around and do the things you enjoy most in life, and it
can have a serious impact on your health.
Obesity is associated with more than 30 medical conditions, including
America’s No. 1 killer, heart disease.
According to The Obesity Society,
obese individuals may have a 50 to 100 percent increased risk of death
from all causes, compared with normal-weight individuals.
But there’s hope. The weight loss options available at Holston Valley Medical Center’s Comprehensive Weight Management Center, the region's only Cigna 3 Star Quality Bariatric Center, can also affect
every facet of a person’s life – positively. And bariatric surgery is the only cure for Type II diabetes, and can
help with high blood pressure, sleep apnea and a host of weight-related
health problems.
Utilizing state-of-the-art medical procedures such as laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and endoscopic non-incisional therapies, we can help you get back to what’s important – living life on your own terms.
Why choose Wellmont for weight loss services?
Holston Valley Medical Center and the Comprehensive Weight Management Center, in collaboration with Surgical Associates of Kingsport, have been designated by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. This program promotes patient safety, patient advocacy, and continuous improvement.
And our team at the Comprehensive Weight Management Center includes experienced board-certified bariatric surgeons, a board-certified nurse practitioner to collaborate with your team of surgeons for medical care and help facilitate your progress, a licensed practical nurse insurance referral coordinator and clinical assistant to help you navigate insurance requirements and program steps, a registered dietitian to help you make the best and most nutritious food choices as you begin down the road to your new life and hospital physicians and staff members who are experienced and knowledgeable about weight loss surgery.