The disease of obesity caused her classmates to unfairly tease and ridicule her. Dr. Kevin Connolly, PhD, President of River Valley Psychological Services and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Division of Health Max taught a course to physicians at the Western Regional Obesity Symposium in San Francisco, educating them about the psychological opportunities for helping obese adolescents and children. Dr. Connolly gives several seminars to Health Max patients relating to the psychological impact obesity has on the child and adult as well as the behavioral approaches available to help in comprehensive treatment. Education is a critical element Health Max programs are currently offered in affiliation with several physicians' offices in the Seattle area and in California and Texas. It is critical that patients have access to informed and empathetic medical weight management programs, which have several tools available to benefit individuals with the disease of obesity.
Obesity is an epidemic in America and people heed help, in many different ways.
The new NIH guidelines are not intended to scare people or make them feel overwhelmed. They are intended to give a wake up call to our population that excess weight is a major cause of illness and getting control of your weight may be the single most important health care issue for most of us. The Medical Advisory Board of Health Max evaluates and helps educate both physicians and patients about health related resources, which can be of benefit. Education is a critical element according to Howard Lyman, a devout Vegan, who teaches listeners about the health benefits of vegetarianism over 4000 times per year via the radio waves. Other wellness programs are also offered relating to topics such as diabetes, smoking, stress, nutrition, exercise, vitamin supplements, food allergy, aging and others.