As health professionals with specialist knowledge in weight loss treatment, we provide you with an evidence-based treatment approach.

Many commercial weight loss programs

• Fail to understand the underlying science of obesity and do not provide long-lasting weight loss

• Often there is no medical evidence behind treatment programs

• Are often expensive for the services that they provide

• Focus too much on ‘self-control’ and ‘personal responsibility’

• Promote unrealistic weight loss results

• Overestimate the importance of exercise in weight loss

At Medical Weight Solutions, we realise that weight maintenance after losing weight is more important and provide you with honest, realistic weight loss expectations.

Our consultation fees are as follows:

• Initial Consultation (45 minutes): $299

• Follow Up Consultation (30 minutes): $180

• Follow Up Consultation (15 minutes): $120

• Dietitian Consultation (60 minutes): $200

• Dietitian Follow-up (30 minutes): $110

• Psychology Consultation: please contact us at admin@medicalweightsolutions.co.nz
  

Please contact admin@medicalweightsolutions.co.nz to make an appointment.

We will endeavour to call you as soon as possible to book you in.

No. You can self refer to Medical Weight Solutions. However, we do encourage you to follow-up with your GP as obesity treatment is a lifelong journey.

Yes. We offer appointments via Zoom/telephone calls. You may make an appointment anywhere from New Zealand. However, if you live outside of Auckland, you will need to have a consultation with your own GP and fill a medical questionnaire before your consultation at MWS. This is to ensure you have the right investigations (e.g. blood tests, measuring blood pressure, accurate measurement of weight) and to ensure that your GP is also involved in your treatment process.

Combined intensive lifestyle changes + anti-obesity medications on average, will produce 8-10% of long-term sustainable weight loss. Patients who choose to undergo an intensive-level meal replacement program along with medications are expected to lose on average 10 - 15% of their starting weight. For a 100kg individual, this represents 10-15kg of weight loss.

However, the statistics represent averages within a population. Some patients who find the ‘right’ medications often lose more than expected. What is important to know is that sometimes medications work really well for some people and sometimes not. It is important to keep exploring and trying!

Patients who choose to undergo bariatric surgery are expected to use 60-70% of their excess weight. For example, a patient who is 160cm tall, weighing 100kg, BMI 39, has an excess weight of 36kg. This means with bariatric surgery, this patient will expect 20-25kg of long-term weight loss with surgical treatment.

No this is not true. Please feel free to have a chat with us if you have any questions about weight loss treatment. Generally, if your BMI is over 27.5 (over 25 for patients of Asian, Middle-Eastern, Indian ethnicity) you may benefit from an obesity specialist review.

Of course. In fact, we encourage you to bring a support person for your weight loss journey. If another family member suffers from obesity, he/she may also benefit from the ideas discussed in the consultation.