Nutritional Counselling with Lap Bands for Weight Loss

Our unique services and nutritional care can help you produce better weight loss results.

Credit Valley Clinic’s laparoscopic gastric banding surgery works most effectively when combined with proper nutrition, eating habits and regular exercise.

We understand that this process, before and after the surgery, can be quite an adjustment.  Credit Valley Clinic offers all its weight loss surgery patients in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) nutritional counselling before the lap band procedure to ensure a successful surgery, as well as after to help you maintain a healthy weight for the rest of your life.

At Credit Valley Clinic, we partner laparoscopic gastric banding with support to help you make the right nutrition choices.  In doing this, our patients find that their weight loss results are optimized.

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What does our nutritional counselling involve?

For bariatric surgery

During the initial visit patients meet with a dietician to receive …

• A detailed assessment of their current dietary intake, eating habits and behaviours towards food, as well as other factors that contribute to obesity, such as family history, physical activity and metabolic disorders.
• A complete review of the personalized dietary modifications that are required during the post-operative period.
• Additional recommendations for dietary changes after the post-op period (if necessary) which are tailored to meet patients’ specific needs.

Follow-up visits include…

• Regular monitoring of progress after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery.
• Complete review of patient’s current dietary intake and eating habits, paying special attention to challenges or barriers that are preventing optimal weight loss or
• Working with our patients to develop the skills and knowledge needed to overcome these obstacles, bringing satisfying results from your lap band surgery for optimal weight loss.

For non-surgical weight management

At the first consultation our dietician will…

• Perform a complete assessment of the patient’s current diet, eating habits and behaviours toward food.  Other factors that contribute to obesity, such as family history, physical activity and metabolic disorders will also be reviewed.
• Help the patient develop a personalized plan for healthy eating and weight reduction, based on your specific dietary needs and weight loss goals.

Follow-up visits entail...

• Monitoring the patient’s weight loss progress
• Reviewing the weight management plan, including a re-assessment of the patient’s current dietary intake and eating habits.
• Addressing weight loss challenges by developing appropriate skills to overcome them and achieve a healthy weight.

We Have Experts on Staff for Your Benefit.

Our dieticians, Heidi Nixdorf (Critical Care Dietician and Professional Practice Liaison, Credit Valley Hospital) and Nada Lukic (Surgical Dietician and a supervisor of the hospital’s Clinical Nutrition Services) are experienced in surgical nutrition, nutrition therapy and weight management. Their sound nutritional advice, based on extensive health care knowledge, is there for you to take advantage.  Our Credit Valley Clinic dieticians will help you make the required nutritional commitment to succeed and stay motivated through our exercise sessions, psychological courses and group sessions.

Book a free consultation at our weight loss clinic serving Mississauga, Oakville, all of the GTA and other areas of Ontario.