During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people have gained weight due to stress, overeating, lack of exercise etc. Unfortunately, obesity is one of the major risk factors for not only getting COVID-19, but also at risk of getting a more severe form, complications, or even death from COVID. As more and more people get vaccinated, America is getting ready to a more normal lifestyle. However, you cannot do so unless also lose the extra pounds on the body. TELE HEALTH NOW AVAILABLE FOR WEIGHT LOSS Given the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine is now available for both existing and new patients where you can consult with us over the phone, with or without video. Program fee: As a concierge practice, our weight loss program always had a program fee of about $100.00 per month on top of insurance. In an effort to ease the burden, we reduced the fee for the patients for those that have insurance that we accept using tele-medicine option to $50.00 and there are no additional fees such as copays. For self-pay patients, the monthly telemedicine program fee is $100.00. How does it work? We offer both in person visits in our offices or telemedicine. For televisits, you need to have a scale, a home blood pressure monitor or check BP at a local pharmacy prior to the televisit. We will call in any prescription medications as appropriate to a local pharmacy. We also offer in person visits in the office as prior. Given obesity is a major risk factor for over 50 different medical problems including COVID-19, it is not only important but vital to stay at optimal health to stand a fighting chance with this virus. Online diet plan on WikiMD.org We also decided to make the entire diet plan along with recipes available online through a free medical encyclopedia called WikiMD.org. The W8MD weight loss diet plan is now available free at weight loss diet Up to 90% of traditional diet advice wrong Did you know that up to 90% of the traditional nutritional advice was proven wrong in a research study? In another large British study of studies that reviewed 72 academic studies involving more than 600,000 participants, they found that saturated fat consumption was not associated with coronary disease risk. Changing dietary recommendations Are you aware that the American Heart Association no longer recommends specific target level for dietary cholesterol as study after study showed no increased risk of cardiovascular risk from dietary of the blood cholesterol which does increase the risk comes from our own liver manufactured from sugar induced by insulin, although your doctor might still be telling you the same old things just as the failed food pyramid did?). It is a shocking to know that most physicians receive little or no nutrition education in their training. Unfortunately, these wrong dietary recommendations are one of the main reasons behind astronomical rise of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes with dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes. Evidence based practice W8MD medical weight loss centers program has over 10 years of experience in helping patients not only to lose weight but also to maintain it using evidence based medicine. Locations W8MD Weight Loss, Sleep & Medspa 1718 Welsh Road, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19115 W8MD Weight Loss, Sleep & Medspa 987 Old Eagle School Rd Suite 712, Wayne, PA 19087 Call 215-676-2334 W8MD Weight Loss, Sleep & Medspa 2632 E 21st St., Suite L2, Brooklyn, NY, 11235 Call 718-946-5500 W8MD Weight Loss, Sleep & Medical Spa NJ 140 E Evesham Rd, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 Call 800-986-3007 W8MD Weight Loss, Sleep & Medspa Manhattan, NY – 401 E 55th Street New York, NY 10022 Call 718-946-5500 Pennsylvania Weight Loss Centers: Philadelphia, King Of Prussia New York Weight Loss: Brooklyn Weight Loss, NYC Weight Loss, Brooklyn Sleep Doctor, Manhattan Weight Loss, Long Island Weight Loss, New York City Weight Loss, Medical Weight Loss NYC, Queens Weight Loss, Bronx Weight Loss, Weight Loss Clinic Brooklyn NY, Weight Loss NYC We can help residents from all areas in the states of NY, NJ and PA