St. Francis Medical Center: Live a Healthier, Better Life

For people who are ready to lose weight and gain a healthier lifestyle, Saint Francis Medical Center has beneficial solutions for them. It offers three effective, medically integrated programs for people looking to shed pounds and live better and healthier: Fitness Plus, The Healthy Weigh and Weight Loss Solutions.

Whether it's creating a fitness plan with a trainer or getting in shape at Fitness Plus, one of the nation's top facilities for fitness, wellness, nutrition and rehabilitation; changing eating habits with The Healthy Weigh, a medical weight-loss program that uses personalized diet solutions; or choosing to undergo bariatric surgery at Saint Francis' new Weight Loss Solutions surgery center, people have the power to transform their lives … and improve their health.

For those who need more structure and guidance, The Healthy Weigh program is an effective way to enforce smart, supervised calorie restriction with lifestyle education and personalized attention from Health Management Resources (HMR). For people who want to partner their dietary improvement with exercise, Fitness Plus can help them follow a goal-oriented plan.

Dr. Ryan A. LeGrand, MD

Saint Francis also offers Weight Loss Solutions for those thinking about bariatric surgery. Led by general surgeon Ryan A. LeGrand, MD, it features three customized surgery options (sleeve gastrectomy, gastric banding and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass) for men and women who have struggled with weight loss and weight gain, and are ready to better their health.

Marlene Lyon is a recent bariatric surgery patient at Weight Loss Solutions who is halfway to her weight-loss goal and already seeing positive changes to her health. "I'm happy to feel healthier and more confident. Before my surgery, I had sleep apnea and hypertension," she says. "I've stopped taking one high blood pressure medication altogether, have cut my dosage of another, and am sleeping so much better."

Bariatric surgery isn't for everyone and involves an in-depth screening process. "Electing to have a bariatric procedure done shouldn't be viewed as an easy solution or a quick fix," Dr. LeGrand explains. "Patients undergo a thorough screening process before surgery and have to be fully committed to making lasting lifestyle changes after."

To gain a healthier lifestyle, visit www.WhatDoYouHaveToLose.org or call 573-331-3996.