Weight Management Programme Health For Life Clinic
Have you thought about losing weight and your reasons behind it? Perhaps you want to improve your health so you can play soccer with your children, or perhaps you want to fit back into your favourite clothes. There are many valid reasons why people want to lose weight, yet many struggle to shed the kilograms. At the Health for Life Clinic, we know that losing weight and keeping it off can be a challenge. That’s why we have a team of healthcare professionals to guide and support you through your weight loss journey. Under the six-month Weight Management Programme, our team will assess your health, provide tailored advice and help you make lifestyle changes over six months to help you succeed safely. Read on for more information.
How our Weight Management Programme can help you
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JOURNEY
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Understand the reasons for your weight gain
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Know your options
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Evaluate your risks
Benefit from our multidisciplinary team
KTPH Weight Management Programme Our weight management programme is designed to empower participants to make positive lifestyle changes so they can lose weight and keep it off. In our programme, we aim to help you understand the reasons for your weight gain, assess your health risks, and explore your treatment options. You will also benefit from the expertise of our multidisciplinary team consisting of: • Weight Management Physicians • Nurse Coordinators • Dietitians • Physiotherapists • Psychologists The six-month programme consists of regular sessions in the form of: • Individual consultations - where you can enjoy personalised care from our healthcare professionals •
Group consultations – where you can have interactive discussions with our healthcare professionals and participants of our programme
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Workshops on diet and exercise – where you can learn more about nutrition, and exercise in our well-equipped gym
To enjoy the maximum benefits of our programme, we recommend reviews at least once a month.
Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Surgery is available for obese patients who satisfy certain criteria, including patients with metabolic diseases (eg. diabetes) that are not controlled by conventional means. Surgery results in sustained weight loss, and leads to remission or improvement of co-morbidities such as diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and obstructive sleep apnoea. Various operations are available that can be tailored to each individual patient. These include: • Sleeve Gastrectomy • Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass • Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion • Adjustable Gastric Bands All of these are performed via laparoscopy (key hole surgery), providing less painful and faster recovery. 95% of our patients stay not more than 2 days after their operation.
Bariatric surgical patients need to make changes to their lifestyle and eating habits. They also require lifelong follow-up with our dedicated team of professionals, which include: • Bariatric Surgeons and Physicians • Bariatric Specialist Nurse Coordinators • Bariatric Dietitians • Physiotherapists Healthy eating and regular exercise are essential to ensure the long term maintenance of weight loss, and remission or improvement of co-morbidities associated with obesity. As part of the KTPH Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery service, the Bariatric Support Group (Singapore Lapbandits) runs once every three months. This is for bariatric surgical patients and their family members, and provides support for those who have had surgery, as well as those who are contemplating surgery.
Subsidised & private patients All patients receive the same quality of care from our team. Several factors are taken into consideration when patients are classified as subsidised or private.
Private patients • Those referred by a GP or private hospital. •
Those requesting a specific doctor.
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Foreign residents.
Subsidised patients • Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents who are referred by a polyclinic. •
CHAS card holders referred by a CHAS-doctor.
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Subsidised patients referred by another KTPH department or public hospital.
Contact information Appointment Line +65 6555 8828 Appointment Line (Private patients) +65 6602 3333 Appointment Enquiry Email ktph.appt@ktph.com.sg General Enquiry Email enquiry@ktph.com.sg Monday to Friday 7.30am – 9.00pm Saturday 8.00am – 5.00pm
Yishun Health Campus is a network of medical institutions and health facilities of the National Healthcare Group. Admiralty Medical Centre • (65) 6807 8000 • www.admiraltymedicalcentre.com.sg Khoo Teck Puat Hospital • (65) 6555 8000 • www.ktph.com.sg Yishun Community Hospital • (65) 6807 8800 • www.yishuncommunityhospital.com.sg The information is correct at the time of printing and subject to revision without further notice.
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