Medically safe, personalized obesity treatment.
Obesity causes chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes and hyperlipidemia, and is also linked to sexual dysfunction, arthritis and some cancers. Effective and safe obesity treatment requires identifying each person's causes of obesity and related conditions, and providing personalized treatment based on them.
First, it is important to find the cause of obesity.
Most obesity is caused by an unhealthy lifestyle of eating too much and exercising too little, but this is not always the case. Hypothyroidism can lower the metabolic rate and lead to obesity, and medications taken for other diseases can also cause obesity. In such cases, obesity must be treated by removing its cause.
Second, a detailed examination and clinical tests by a doctor are needed beforehand to make sure weight control is not a risk to your health.
Compared with people of normal weight, people with obesity more often have lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and angina, so they are more likely to have serious side effects from exercise or diet control. After these steps, weight control can succeed through a comprehensive approach of individualized diet prescription, exercise prescription, behavioral therapy and medication.
The Dangol Hospital Obesity Center is a specialized center where an obesity specialist, a clinical dietitian and an exercise specialist work as a team to treat obesity in a medically safe and scientific way. We also provide comprehensive health risk assessments, early detection of risk factors for lifestyle diseases, nutritional management, fitness assessment and measurement of exercise capacity. In addition to obesity treatment, screening services for disease prevention are provided, and any existing conditions can be treated at the same time.
Patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 who have high blood pressure, diabetes, hyperlipidemia or a risk of cardiovascular disease
Patients with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or higher
Patients with a waist circumference of 90 cm or more (men) or 85 cm or more (women)
Patients who need weight control because of arthritis, disc disease, etc.
Patients with problems such as sexual dysfunction
Other patients who want to manage their weight and body shape
Consultation with a specialist to choose the right program for you
Weight, height, body fat measurement, BMI, body fat CT, basal metabolic rate
Blood sugar, cholesterol, liver function, anemia and thyroid function tests
Analysis of the causes of obesity and assessment of its severity
Diet control based on the nutrition prescription, and an individual exercise prescription based on your health
Cognitive behavioral therapy using food and exercise diaries
