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How does LighterLife work?

LighterLife offers weight-management programmes for patients with a BMI ≥ 25kg/m2, focusing on obesity treatment and prevention.

 

The multi-component approach includes healthy eating, increased physical activity and behavioural change.

 

The emphasis is on identifying personal psychological drivers of obesity and overweight. This enables patients to achieve a healthier and manageable BMI by making sustainable changes to the way they eat, think and live.

 

Weight loss

Weight loss is initiated via either:

  • LighterLife Lite  – a low-calorie diet (LCD) for overweight patients (BMI 25-29.9kg/m2) OR
  • LighterLife Total  – a very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) for obese patients (BMI ≥30kg/m2).

 

In conjunction, LighterLife’s weight-management counsellors  work with patients in small, single-sex, weekly groups to facilitate the behavioural modification  that is vital for sustainable weight management. 

 

Weight management

Following weight loss, a weight-management programme  progresses patients to a balanced and varied diet, consistent with current advice on healthy eating.

 

It provides continued support to help patients implement and sustain further healthy lifestyle changes, thus reducing the risk of associated comorbidities.

 

Expert support

LighterLife’s medical director oversees all medical aspects of our programmes. LighterLife’s programmes also benefit from clinical/nutritional advisors and psychotherapist/therapist support, as well as a medical advisory board led by healthcare experts.