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Local residents hoping to slim down for summer might consider a new nonsurgical weight-loss program at Central DuPage Hospital, which boasts fast results.
The Bariatric Treatment Center at the Winfield hospital expanded its program this month to include the “New Direction Weight Loss System,” a medically supervised low-calorie diet that induces “rapid safe weight loss of two to five pounds per week,” said Julie Sanfilippo, a registered dietitian with the program.
In the program, patients are required to attend weekly one-hour classes, meet regularly with physicians on the hospital’s medical staff, participate in medical tests and weigh-ins, purchase nutritional products and attend an educational seminar. Classes cost $25 a week.
“We want to have as many options as we can to treat obesity, whether it’s surgical or nonsurgical,” Sanfilippo said.
The program is aimed at women who are at least 40 pounds overweight and men who are at least 50 pounds overweight, people with type 2 diabetes and patients with other health concerns related to obesity, according to a news release from the hospital.
Laurie Meissner, the program’s exercise specialist, said the classes are geared toward helping patients lose weight safely and educate them on how to keep off the weight. Classes will focus on either exercise, nutrition or behavior.
“When they’re done with our (New Direction) program, those are the habits that are going to keep the weight off,” Meissner said.
As the exercise specialist, Meissner said she will help patients set goals for exercising, for example walking five days each week for 30 minutes. She said a combination of cardiovascular exercise and weight training is ideal.
“That’s where they’re going to burn the fat,” Meissner said. “With cardio and with weight training, they’re going to be building and keeping their muscle while they lose weight.”
Learn more
Informational sessions are held at Central DuPage Hospital, 25 N. Winfield Road, Winfield, from 6 to 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month in the Winfield Room, and from 11 a.m. to noon the last Friday of the month in Women and Children’s conference rooms 1 and 2. For information about the program, call the Bariatric Treatment Center at (630) 933-6745 or (630) 933-4833 for the hearing impaired.
Local residents hoping to slim down for summer might consider a new nonsurgical weight-loss program at Central DuPage Hospital, which boasts fast results.
The Bariatric Treatment Center at the Winfield hospital expanded its program this month to include the “New Direction Weight Loss System,” a medically supervised low-calorie diet that induces “rapid safe weight loss of two to five pounds per week,” said Julie Sanfilippo, a registered dietitian with the program.
In the program, patients are required to attend weekly one-hour classes, meet regularly with physicians on the hospital’s medical staff, participate in medical tests and weigh-ins, purchase nutritional products and attend an educational seminar. Classes cost $25 a week.
“We want to have as many options as we can to treat obesity, whether it’s surgical or nonsurgical,” Sanfilippo said.
The program is aimed at women who are at least 40 pounds overweight and men who are at least 50 pounds overweight, people with type 2 diabetes and patients with other health concerns related to obesity, according to a news release from the hospital.
Laurie Meissner, the program’s exercise specialist, said the classes are geared toward helping patients lose weight safely and educate them on how to keep off the weight. Classes will focus on either exercise, nutrition or behavior.
“When they’re done with our (New Direction) program, those are the habits that are going to keep the weight off,” Meissner said.
As the exercise specialist, Meissner said she will help patients set goals for exercising, for example walking five days each week for 30 minutes. She said a combination of cardiovascular exercise and weight training is ideal.
“That’s where they’re going to burn the fat,” Meissner said. “With cardio and with weight training, they’re going to be building and keeping their muscle while they lose weight.”
Learn more
Informational sessions are held at Central DuPage Hospital, 25 N. Winfield Road, Winfield, from 6 to 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month in the Winfield Room, and from 11 a.m. to noon the last Friday of the month in Women and Children’s conference rooms 1 and 2. For information about the program, call the Bariatric Treatment Center at (630) 933-6745 or (630) 933-4833 for the hearing impaired.
