Maintaining a healthy weight is critical for people with diabetes. Not only will you feel better and have more energy, it will be easier to manage your diabetes and reduce your risk of added health complications. If you have prediabetes, losing weight can even help you prevent getting diabetes.
The team at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health offers a variety of resources to help you achieve safe, permanent weight loss.
Some people with diabetes are able to control their weight with the right combination of healthy food choices, portion control and exercise. Our primary care providers, specialists at LG Health Physicians Diabetes and Endocrinology, and dietitians and educators at our Diabetes and Nutrition Center can guide you your efforts to set realistic weight-loss goals and develop a plan to achieve them.
Lancaster General Health Physicians Healthy Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery offers a variety of surgical and non-surgical, medically managed options to help people with type 2 diabetes meet their healthy weight goals.
Guidelines backed by the American Diabetes Association and other respected health organizations say weight-loss surgery could be a treatment option to consider—even if you are just mildly obese. We also offer non-surgical treatment centers that offer nutrition education and exercise oversight.
Guidelines backed by the American Diabetes Association say weight-loss surgery could be a treatment option for type 2 diabetes.
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