Weight Management Programs

The Elkhart General Weight Management Program is a comprehensive program designed to help overweight and obese patients choose the best medical route to lose weight and begin leading healthier lives.

The goal of this program is to enable you to become healthier by offering you the tools to successfully lose weight and by sharing our knowledge, expertise and guidance. And we believe treatment options vary from person to person and should depend on your weight and individual needs.

We offer a variety of programs dedicated to helping you lose weight, keep it off and live a healthier lifestyle.

• Bariatric Surgery
  For many severely overweight individuals, losing weight is not as easy as it sounds. After diets and exercise fail, some people turn to a weight loss surgery known as Bariatric Surgery.
• New Directions -- Weight Management through Emotional Mastery
  The New Direction Program is a medically supervised rapid weight loss program designed for individuals who are overweight, obese or morbidly obese, or have health risks which could improve from weight loss.
• LifeSteps Weight Management Program
  Led by Registered Dietitians, this weight management program will teach you proven weight control techniques.
• Shapedown Pediatric Weight Management Program
  Elkhart General Hospital offers Shapedown, a nationally recognized weight management program designed for children ages 8 to 12 and their families.
• Outpatient Nutrition Counseling
  If you have special dietary restrictions due to health needs, or if you just want to improve your overall health, an Elkhart General Registered Dietitian can help.
• MedGem Resting Metabolism
  Elkhart General offers the MedGem breathing test that will determine your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). Your RMR is the amount of calories your body burns just to stay alive – heartbeat, breathing, maintaining body temperature, etc.
• HeartWell Cuisine Cooking Demonstrations
  Using a “Demo Kitchen,” the dietitians illustrate how to combine simple techniques with nutrition awareness to lower cholesterol and reduce cardiac risk.