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Guide · Weight loss
Medical weight loss is a weight program run by a licensed clinician instead of an app or a meal plan: your health history is reviewed first, the plan is built around your biology, progress is checked on a schedule, and medication is added only when it's clinically appropriate for you.
A diet gives everyone the same rules; an app gives you a calculator with reminders. A medical program starts from your history — medications, thyroid, sleep, past attempts — and keeps a licensed clinician accountable to your progress, adjusting the plan as your body responds.
Clinical guidelines commonly reference a BMI of 30+, or 27+ alongside a weight-related condition like high blood pressure. But qualification is a judgment made on your whole picture, not a single number — which is why real programs begin with a clinician review, not a checkout page.
Four things to insist on: a licensed clinician who reviews your actual history; check-ins someone reads; pricing shown before you pay; and a straight answer when medication isn't right for you. At GetSeenMD, every visit is reviewed within 24 hours by the same clinician — and if you're not approved, you don't pay.
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