Alaska Premier Health

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We are Alaska's #1 choice for the medical treatment of obesity. Obesity is a disease which is best treated with a multi-dimensional approach. Regardless of the diet plan chosen by the patient, all of our patients receive individualized coaching, mentoring and counseling to offer them the best opportunity for long term success. All treatment plans include:

Behavioral and lifestyle counseling
Ongoing modification and fine-tuning of your program to help meet individual goals and desires
Continued support and monitoring once you achieve your goal weight

Alaska Premier Health has been helping Alaskans reach a healthy body-weight for over 17 years. Many of our patients found us after observing the success of their friends and family. Physicians who are often too busy to devote the needed time to their overweight patients are happy to have Alaska Premier Health as a trusted and dependable referral source.

Every year obesity-related illnesses claim over 300,000 lives. Obesity has now surpassed smoking as the largest preventable cause of disease, disability, and early death. Weight loss will prevent, minimize or reverse many weight-related medical conditions especially if treated early. Diseases with a known association with obesity include: type II diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or triglycerides, arthritis in weight bearing joints including the ankles, hips, knees, and back, depression, early heart disease, colon cancer, breast cancer, and many more. Recently, the National Institute of Health published a study documenting that even a moderate amount of weight loss, a reduction of 10% from starting weight, causes a significant reduction in your risk of developing a weight-related illness.