Comprehensive Medical Weight Loss
Updates regarding Clinical Nutrition Center in Denver, CO.
I am excited to report that Belviq became available in Denver area pharmacies as a new FDA-approved weight loss medication as of Friday, June 7th, 2013. Pharmacies are expected to receive the medication during the week of June 10th - 14th and have it available to patients after that time.
To improve recognition of dietitians as our nation’s nutrition experts, the ADA has renamed themselves to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In addition, registered dietitians now have the option to use the credential registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN).
In 2012, a new board, the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) was formed to establish the Medical sub-specialty of Obesity Medicine. The goal of this organization is to define what body of knowledge an Obesity Medicine specialist should be competent in, and then to establish standards for a doctor to become certified in Obesity Medicine.
The New Year is here now, and I wanted to take a moment and share with you exciting updates for Denver residents regarding medical weight loss programs and medications for 2013. As we all know, 2012 was a very important year for medical weight loss centers around the country for several reasons including:
Many thanks to Suzanne Boos, RD, for organizing a Halloween Candy drive in the office. Patients and staff were able to bring in their candy (and get it out of the house!) and we collected over 10 pounds of candy! Suzanne is coordinating with her church to bring all of the candy to Mexico.
Way to go, dad! On June 19th, 2012, my father, Jeremy Lazarus, MD, because the 167th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). What an honor! Dad, I know you will do everything you can as the AMA president to…
For our health care workers out there, Dr. Lazarus is honored to have been invited again to participate in Grand Rounds. This year, the title of my talk is: Obesity Medicine Why telling an individual to “Eat Less, Exercise More”…
For Thanksgiving 2011, we need to clear out some space so we’ve decided to offer 30% off on all of our protein bars for our Facebook friends. Simply “like” us on facebook (box on the bottom-right of our home page)…
Have you visited the CNC Store yet? Launched earlier this year, the CNC store is proud to offer our lines of liquid protein supplements to online purchasers. These protein diet foods are perfect for weight loss or long-term maintenance of…
Are you tweeting? Long averse to trying out twitter, I have recently become a big fan. Twitter makes it easy to send short messages to people that are interested. From a weight control perspective, this is actually very important. Often,…
