My wife has had some positive progress this year. She's lost 10lbs over the last 6mo. This is obviously slow progress, but it is so good to see her moving in the right direction and I am so proud of her. She talked to her doctor about possibly getting ozempic to try to pick up some momentum. The doc said she fits the criteria but needs to contact their weightloss dept. She sets up a consult with the weightloss dept at KP. This is where my outrage is sparked.
The doc said first that Ozempic is dangerous, not well understood, and has only been on the market less than a year (all completely untrue). Then he recommends that she join their program which is 16 weeks. The first 8 weeks is a liquid 800cal/day diet. The second 8 weeks is follow up to make sure that she doesn't gain the weight back. Oh yea and you have to buy the liquid shakes that is the entirety of your diet, insurance doesn't cover that. Is this a medical system or an MLM?!?! That is so far from any evidence based advice, it pisses me off. That is the definition of a crash diet! Which is such a bad idea. Not only is that ineffective, it also sounds like the origin story for an eating disorder. How does this person have a medical degree and recommend this. Further how is this KP's (a large health care system) standard program for people struggling with weight loss. Ughh! This just disheartened my wife so much who has made some really positive changes this year.
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