Medical Weight & Wellness Clinic
A Team Approach to Helping You Live Your Healthiest, Most Enjoyable Life
Obesity is a real health condition. Treatment exists, just the same as it does for other chronic conditions. Our Medical Weight and Wellness Clinic is located in Waterloo, ON.
Please take a few minutes to watch our brief three-part video series to learn more about the science of obesity. You’ll discover how our biology influences body weight, why losing weight is more complex than willpower alone, and the treatment options available to support long-term health. Each video is approximately 2–3 minutes long.
Weight & Wellness Program
- Support for anyone living with obesity or a weight-related health issue, including osteoarthritis
- Work with a registered dietitian to develop an individualized plan that supports changing behaviour in a way that feels manageable and sustainable, including optimization of nutrition and physical activity.
- Improve nutrition, metabolic health and strength when treating weight with Wegovy/Ozempic/Zepbound or Moujaro. It is so important to fuel your body well and work towards making lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of treating weight.
- Registered dietitians have experience treating metabolic health issues, including prediabetes, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver)
- Individualized plan to support you with changing behaviour in a way that feels manageable and sustainable, including optimization of nutrition and physical activity.
- If interested, comprehensive medical assessment with a physician identifying underlying causes for metabolic dysfunction/ weight gain (factors including sleep, mental health, and stress will be assessed).
- Medication to target the neurohormonal dysregulation that impacts weight when appropriate (biology/ appetite system), ie. Wegovy/ Ozempic/ Zepbound/ Mounjaro/ Contrave, if assessed by a physician
- Health gains and quality of life targeted (vs. solely numbers on the scale).
Your Team
A cohesive team that works with you to identify achievable goals that will improve your health and day-to-day living.
- Registered Dietitian
- Registered Nurse
- Pharmacist
- Educator
- Medical Doctor
Call or email to book your initial OHIP-covered medical consult.
* Physician referral required. Please ask your doctor to fax a referral, or send one through OCEAN eReferral.*
Program Director: Dr. Jennifer Dignam
Phone: 519-804-4086
Fax: 519-489-2988
email: weightandwellness@kwmsk.ca
Program Notes
- Initial comprehensive consultation with a physician is covered by OHIP, if interested
- Working with the interdisciplinary team is not covered by OHIP. Extended health benefits may cover the cost. Check to see if you have coverage for a registered dietitian or a health spending account
- No negation to family physicians for the 9-12 month program.
- In-person and virtual care available, as well as individual and group visits, depending on preference