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Experts in chronic medical weight management for preventing, managing and reversing health conditions.
We prescribe and manage chronic weight managment pharmacotherapy within a structured and comprehensive program for the best long term results.
We are a medical program, not just a prescription.
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Wegovy Breaks New Ground: FDA Approves Semaglutide for Liver Fibrosis
A New Use Beyond Weight Loss Wegovy (semaglutide) has already changed lives as a medication for weight loss and heart health. Now, in...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Aug 233 min read


GLP-1 Medications May Activate Visceral Fat
If you’ve heard about GLP-1 medications like Wegovy®, Zepbound®, or Saxenda® , you know they help people lose weight by reducing...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Aug 92 min read


Beyond the BMI: A Smarter Look at Weight & Health
Many patients ask me what their BMI is and what it should be. This is essentially another way of asking what they “should” weigh, since...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jul 263 min read
An Affordable Option for Proven Weight Loss Success
In the treatment of obesity, sustainable and affordable solutions matter. Phentermine/topiramate , a once-daily oral combination...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
May 42 min read
Weight Loss Medications: Why Comprehensive Medical Care Matters
Increasing access and reducing barriers to weight management medications is a good thing. Many people turn to online services because...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 263 min read


🌙 Tirzepatide (Zepbound) Offers New Hope for Sleep Apnea Patients with Obesity
🧠 What Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)? Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common but serious sleep disorder that causes repeated...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 132 min read
Why Compounded Semaglutide and Tirzepatide Were Allowed—And Why That’s Changing
If you’ve been hearing about compounded versions of medications like semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy) or...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 53 min read


Should You Change Horses Mid-Race?
Some people have sent messages asking about changing from semaglutide to tirzepatide following the “news” article that came out...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Dec 8, 20247 min read


Outcomes Following Discontinuation of Semaglutide
This blog describes the study on what happened after semaglutide was discontinued in the SELECT 1 trial. The SELECT 1 trial was the...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Nov 30, 20243 min read
Nutritional Health on Semaglutide or Tirzepatide
While taking semaglutide or tirzepatide, sometimes, people eat very few calories. Of course this often leads to a very large amount of...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Nov 23, 20245 min read
Countering the Red Herring
With the recent election and naming of the US Health Secretary, Ozempic is back in the news again with people choosing sides of lifestyle...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Nov 17, 20242 min read


Menopause and Obesity
Highlights Menopause is associated with increased abdominal and visceral obesity. Abdominal and visceral obesity increases...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Nov 2, 20245 min read


The Multiple Faces of the Disease of Obesity
We have come a long way in researching and treating obesity as a disease. But, there are actually multiple types of this disease. Now ...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Oct 6, 20243 min read


Tips & Access for Semaglutide and Tirzepatide
One in eight Americans had taken a weight loss injectable medication as of May 2024 as reported in an article by CNN. The article...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Sep 29, 20248 min read
UGHHHH, do I really need to take this medication forever?
A common concern people have before starting one of the new generation highly effective chronic weight management medications is that...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Sep 15, 20245 min read


Finally, Coverage for the Condition of Overweight/Obesity?
For many people, weight management medications are completely excluded from insurance coverage. Why can treatment for a medical condition...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
May 4, 20241 min read


What's Up With the Weight Loss Plateau?
A common question I get is, “Doctor, I was losing weight great, then it slowed way down and stopped! I didn’t chan ge anything I was...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 14, 20242 min read


Fructose: The Smoking Gun?
There are many reasons why the regulation of energy expenditure and storage in the human body is not just a matter of “calories in,...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 31, 20245 min read


Got Stubborn Fat? It May be White Adipose Tissue.
Have you cut your calorie intake and reached a weight loss plateau anyway? Have you counted your calories and done the math and can’t...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 24, 20247 min read


Experience Matters
When I left primary care to practice Medical Weight Management full time in April of 2015, there were very few physicians in this...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 17, 20245 min read
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