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Below are just a few of the services offered to our patients.
  • - Geriatric wellness
  • - Weight loss education
  • - Nutrition classes / counseling
  • - Lifestyle coaching
  • - Fitness coaching
  • - Menu planning
  • -Financing available (Care Credit)
What is your BMI?

BMI Calculator for Adults English |
1.  Height:
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2.  Weight:
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The obesity epidemic is well known to be a growing problem not just in this country and in the state of Michigan, but right here at home in Monroe county, where we have one of the highest obesity rates in the nation.

Great Lakes Weight and Wellness, centered in Newport, has begun an integrated medical treatment program for the diagnosis of obesity and its many related health problems.  The program is run by staff who all have both a personal and professional interest in helping overweight patients lose significant amounts of weight and learn a healthy lifestyle to keep the weight off, using medical rather than surgical  tools.

Great Lakes Weight and Wellness was founded by Dr. Stephen Bell, a local internal medicine/primary care specialist who established Newport Internal Medicine just over one year ago

Dangers of obesity.
People who are overweight or obese are at higher risk for chronic conditions such as...
  • - Diabetes
  • - Cardio vascular disease
  • - Heart disease
  • - Hypertension
  • - PCOS Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • - Infertility
  • - Gout
  • - Depression
  • - Mettabolic syndrome /     snydrome x
  • - Osteoarthritis
  • - Arthritis
  • - High Cholesterol
  • -skin tags
  • - Sleep apnea
  • - Gall bladder

 

 

 

Q. What is BMI?
A. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI is a reliable indicator of body fatness for people. BMI does not measure body fat directly, but research has shown that BMI correlates to direct measures of body fat, such as underwater weighing and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).1, 2 BMI can be considered an alternative for direct measures of body fat. Additionally, BMI is an inexpensive and easy-to-perform method of screening for weight categories that may lead to health problems.