In collaboration with Alberta Orthotic & Prosthetic Centre, we have recognized that rehabilitation for amputees is limited in our city. With an expressed interest in this area by one of our physiotherapists, and with other members of our multi-disciplinary team we have launched an Amputee Rehab Program.

Amputees face unique rehabilitation challenges over their lifetime. At Group23, we offer a multi-disciplinary approach including physiotherapy, physiatry, sports medicine physician, massage therapy, sport psychology, and weight and lifestyle management, along with working closely with the patients’ prosthetist.

The rehabilitation approach is a full body assessment to help identify and work to meet each patient’s #RiseAbove SMART goals. As the program grows, we hope it will become a place for amputees to support each other in their rehab journeys, as well as become inspirations to each other and to everyone at the clinic. The current patients involved in the program are very motivated to improve their overall strength and function to allow them to reach goals including becoming elite athletes.

Sara is a motivated amputee that has been using the Amputee Program to help her reach her rehabilitation goals. Sara became an amputee in 2017 and has had limited individualized rehab since that time. Sara expressed her thoughts on her experience with the amputee program.

What are your goals from engaging in this rehab program? What drew you to the program? My main goal engaging in this rehab program is to gain strength and to reduce how much I compensate with my “good leg” to minimize long term impacts of my injury. My main draw to the program is Group23’s multidisciplinary approach – that I can have different specialists collaborating on my case instead of me having to be the middleman. I really believe in teamwork when it comes to rehabilitation and feel lucky to have found a program that believes in it as much as I do. 

In what ways has this program helped you so far? So far, this program has helped me activate my amputated side more than before. More importantly, it has helped me identify key areas of improvement to work on. 

How does this program compare to other therapy programs you have been involved with? The flexible hours allow me to work around my full-time work schedule which has been really helpful. This program also allows me to focus on certain activities that I’d like to do/learn alongside the basic rehab activities. The long-term vision has been very motivational for me. One of the main differentiators of this program for me is having multiple healthcare professionals collaborate on my case. 

Would you recommend this program to other amputees? Is there a particular stage in rehab you feel it is more suited for? Yes, I would recommend it to other amputees. I think any stage of rehab is suitable to start the program. Of course, getting involved sooner rather than later is always better – it gives you and your therapist a chance to build a strong foundation that you can always build on as you get more active and prevent issues related to overcompensating with your stronger side.

Gut health is an immensely important and popular topic that is also extraordinarily complex for the simple reason that every gut is unique. Our gastrointestinal tracts work hard to keep us healthy and happy. When gut health is compromised, we can face major health consequences.

Because of the presence of bacteria and other microorganisms in your gastrointestinal system, it plays an enormous role in how we feel. Maintaining a balance of “good” bacteria is essential to proper digestion and overall health. It’s important to be informed about what goes into your digestive system in order to maintain a healthy gut.

Each and every one of us responds to different foods in different ways, which is why it is so challenging to provide generic guidance on the foods that may benefit any individual gut. Our gut can be a source of sensory feedback; we are able to perceive things subconsciously before our conscious minds do and we’ll feel it (where else?) but in our gut. This is no accident. Our digestive tract and our central nervous system are intimately linked and you can’t optimize health of one at the expense of the other.

Microbiota are the trillions of bacteria that reside in the gastrointestinal tract. They’re critical for immune function, digestion, nutrient production, and overall gut health. More recently, microbiota have been shown to influence our mental state, too, impacting psychological and emotional well-being. They can affect our outlook, our capacity to respond to stress and possibly the strength of our memory.

It’s well established that bacterial diversity rules in the gut: study after study of intestinal microbiota composition shows that groups of people with a disease have a less diverse gut microbial community than groups without the disease. In some cases, the lack of diversity is referred to as a dysbiosis. The tricky part is figuring out how the principle of gut microbiota diversity can be used to improve human health.

FODMAP substances are found in the foods we eat. FODMAP is an acronym which stands for “Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols.” These are complex names for a collection of molecules found in food that can be poorly absorbed by some people. When the molecules are poorly absorbed in the small intestine of the digestive tract, these molecules then continue along their journey in the digestive tract, arriving at the large intestine, where they act as a food source to the bacteria that live there normally. The bacteria then digest/ferment these FODMAPs and can cause symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Symptoms of IBS include abdominal bloating and distension, excess wind (flatulence), abdominal pain, nausea, changes in bowel habits (diarrhea, constipation, or a combination of both) and other gastro-intestinal symptoms.

Where are FODMAPs found?
A few examples of food sources for each of the FODMAPs are listed below. The list is not complete. During a consultation, a registered dietitian can provide you with an up-to-date list of foods.

• Excess fructose: Honey, apple, mango, pear, watermelon, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup solids
• Fructans: Artichokes (globe, Jerusalem), asparagus, beetroot, chicory, dandelion leaves, garlic (in large amounts), leek, onion (brown, white, Spanish, onion powder), spring onion (white part), wheat
(in large amounts), rye (in large amounts), inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides
• Lactose: Milk, ice cream, custard, dairy desserts, condensed and evaporated milk, milk powder,
soft un-ripened cheeses (ricotta, cottage, cream, marscarpone)
• Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS): Legume beans (baked beans, kidney beans), lentils, chickpeas
• Polyols: Apples, apricots, avocado, cherries, longon, lychee, nectarines, pears, plums, prunes, mushrooms, sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol and isomalt

What can I eat on a low FODMAP diet? For expert diet advice, please book an appointment.

More studies on diets are needed. But we do know this: whether you’re talking about trees, insects or gut microorganisms, an ecosystem is at its best as a tangled web of interdependent relationships. And if diversity is the name of the game, pay attention to your diet.

FODMAP Oatmeal Breakfast

This lovely, high fiber, low FODMAP oatmeal breakfast (also gluten-free!) will keep you going all morning! Off to a great start! If you don’t like warm breakfasts, just use this recipe to make yourself overnight oats.

COOK TIME 5 mins

TOTAL TIME 5 mins

SERVINGS 1 person

Ingredients:

• 40 grams oats

• 200 ml almond milk

• 15 grams peanut butter

• 15 grams flaxseed use ground flaxseeds.

• 10 grams sunflower seeds

• 10 grams pumpkin seeds

• 3 brazil nuts

• maple syrup

• ground cinnamon

Warm Oatmeal

• Take a small pot. Fill it with 40 grams of oats, 200 ml of almond milk and a dash of ground cinnamon. Place the pot on the stove on medium fire.

• While the oatmeal heats up, put the peanut butter, flaxseed, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and Brazil nuts in a bowl. Stir the oatmeal in the pot occasionally.

• Once the oatmeal has heated and thickened enough (you can generally see bubbles start to form, the desired thickness can vary per person) put the oatmeal in the bowl and mix with the other ingredients. Drizzle a little bit of maple syrup on top and enjoy!

Overnight Oats

• If you like your breakfast cool in the morning. Combine all the ingredients, except for the maple syrup and peanut butter, in a jar (for example an empty jam jar) the night before and put it in the fridge. The next morning, just add some maple syrup and the peanut butter and your breakfast is good to go!

Impending knee surgery kicked Richard’s weight loss plan into high gear, and now he’s hitting the slopes!

I met Richard in March of 2019 but I met his wife years ago (another feature coming later in 2021). His wife is what prompted him to come see me. He was a former gymnast back in the day…I won’t tell you how far back. He knows what it was like to be an athlete. That being said, life continues, we get married, a job, we have kids, our life and time is no longer our own. Weight slowly creeped up over time. A motivator to change his weight was his knee. As a former athlete (particularly as a gymnast), it took a beating over the years. He knew he needed surgery but wanted to have the best outcome possible. He wanted the knee to have to deal with less load alongside strengthening the muscles surrounding the knee. He started his journey at 170lbs and now currently weighs 126lbs. This is his #RiseAbove story.

What do you think was the largest contributor to your weight gain over the years?

Like for many of us – it just crept up gradually over the years.  I wouldn’t say that it was because I’d “let myself go” as they say.  I ate nutritionally, I exercised regularly. But there was never any thought, planning or judgement to it. 

• I ate (and drank) as much as I wanted to, whenever I wanted to.

• My exercise program – such as it was – never changed. There was there was no variation or challenge – just routine. I just went through the motions, and all I was doing was wearing down some muscles and joints.

 And then I snapped my ACL, which I believe was a milepost. It was a result of the problem, and the cause of its’ acceleration and worsening. I’m convinced that it would not have happened if I’d not gained that extra 25 pounds over the years.

I think it was the catalyst for gaining another 25 pounds more quickly, as it restricted the extent to which I was able to do more challenging sporting activities.

And then in turn, signs of impending health issues began to pile up – just when I needed to present myself as a suitable candidate for ACL replacement despite my age.

So I saw my choices as: I could either get younger or smaller.  Smaller seemed to be the more likely of the two.  

There are many factors to your weight loss over the year. What do you think was the largest contributor to your weight loss? 

Actually, I don’t see too many factors over the year that were more crucial than Group23’s plan. You designed a plan that was simple.  I mean that it was simple to understand, if not to actually execute.  I just had to put more thought and planning into a given day. I didn’t have to worry about the science – that was your job. I just plugged in the numbers you gave me. 

Being mindful didn’t mean that I had to overthink things or do anything weird or unsustainable with my diet. I didn’t have to drastically alter my lifestyle. I still enjoyed my beer – it was just budgeted within the whole day now.  

What advice would you give to anyone that is starting their lifestyle change?

Following are several random observations that I have come up with as they occur to me – in no particular order:

• You have to be ready. This requires work. It requires effort. It requires prioritizing. It’s a commitment. You can’t cheat it. Maybe my athletic background helped with that. I don’t know.

• That first couple of weeks were the hardest part. That was just a time to get through and move on from. But that’s also where the first five pounds came from. So momentum also started there.

• My main focus was to go one day at a time. That probably made it – not easier – but more of a habit.

• Goals need to be manageable. And predominantly short-term. In fact, I didn’t really have a fixed end number in mind for my weight. My main focus just moved in increments of five pounds – “get to it, good, now to the next level”.

• I did not consider setting a deadline. (Except that I kind of ended up with one because one day the surgery suddenly got moved up a few months to September, 2019, with only about 8 weeks’ notice). 

• At the beginning, I kind of thought I’d like to end up down around 150lbs. Then when I hit that, we just kept going to see how far the loss would go.

• The only real hard number I ended up settling on was right at the end – 123lbs. And that was mainly just to see if I could get to the weight that I’d competed at back in the late ‘80s. Once I saw the number 122 on my scale, I took a picture, and then proceeded to get back up a bit to where my rings and new clothes fit better.

• Sometimes, sh** happens. I never consciously planned to take a day off from when I started in March, 2019 right through to August on that last night of a trip to Europe. Who counts carbs and fats their last day in Paris?

• There was the odd situation I’d find myself in – out with friends and the beer was going down well. If I knew about it ahead of time, I’d go virtually carb-free ahead of it for the day. If it was a spontaneous thing, I rolled with it and got back on the horse the next day. I still do that. I’ll always have to do that.

• And lastly, but truly the most important is family support.  It’s crucial.

What do you think will always be a struggle in keeping your weight off?

 When the weight settled into around what it is now, I said “I’m done.”  But I knew what that meant. It meant that I WAS DONE but that I’ll NEVER BE DONE.  I had to start eating a lot of vegetables. So I did that. Now, I’ll always have to eat a lot of vegetables.    

There are certainly days where I indulge or celebrate. But the next day,  I “pay it back” and get back to the plan.   

And I wouldn’t call this a struggle so much as an irritant – it has been a bit expensive.  Nothing I wore before fit me.  Completely new wardrobe was required. I mean I’ve even had to discard shoes that are now too big.  And sporting equipment – new skis because I didn’t trust the bindings anymore and a completely new set of hockey gear.  But the bike seems easier to manage up hills, so there’s that.  First World Problems.

Richard has had his surgery, he’s been able to keep the weight off, and now he’s starting a new journey in his #RiseAbove goals. He started skiing this year. Its been a dream of his to get back on the slopes and try out his new knee with his new strength and weight (along with his new skiis). His focus on body fat percentage has changed to frequency of exercising and how many daffy’s he can do on the slope (okay maybe not quite there yet). He has inspired me to overcome physical challenges and continue to focus on health even though not everything goes according to plan. I hope his story inspires you. 

To learn more about how to start your #RiseAbove weight management journey, click learn more below.

The prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) increases not only because of longer life expectancy but also because of the modern lifestyle, in particular physical inactivity and diets low in fiber and rich in sugar and saturated fats, which promote chronic low-grade inflammation and obesity.

Eating a balanced diet rich in plants, fiber, and anti-inflammatory fats, such as those that the Mediterranean diet includes, can help people living with osteoarthritis to maintain a healthy weight. This will help to ease symptoms such as pain and swelling.

The disease-fighting power of the Mediterranean diet stems from its ability to regulate inflammation by focusing on anti-inflammatory foods (berries, fish, olive oil) and excluding or limiting pro-inflammatory ones (red meat, sugar and most dairy). Studies confirm that eating foods commonly part of the Mediterranean diet can do the following:

• Lower blood pressure
• Protect against chronic conditions, ranging from cancer to stroke
• Help arthritis by curbing inflammation
• Benefit your joints as well as your heart
• Lead to weight loss, which can lessen joint pain

Three key points help explain how diet and arthritis pain are related:

1. Diet influences the gut microbiome. The gut microbiome refers to the trillions of bacteria and other microbiota that naturally live along the digestive tract. A gut microbiome’s diversity and balance of species are influenced by diet.

2. The gut microbiome affects overall health. An imbalance in the gut microbiome is associated with chronic inflammatory disease, such as arthritis.

3. The best way to maintain a healthy gut microbiome is to maintain a healthy diet.

Research suggests that arthritis inflammation and pain are connected to problems in the gut microbiome. People can cultivate healthier gut microbiomes through their diets by eating a healthy, whole foods diet and avoiding foods that trigger inflammation.

Evidence suggests that the best diet to reduce arthritis pain is:

• Low glycemic
• High in fiber
• High in polyphenols (found in vegetables, fruits, spices, teas, and coffees)
• High in healthy fats
• Low in sugar

Check out this super healthy and delicious Mediterranean Chickpea Quinoa Bowl from EatingWell.com to try out as part of your anti-inflammatory diet. FitMethod exchanges for this recipe: 2C 0.5P 2F

Grant has lost over 100lbs with the help of the Group23 Weight and Lifestyle Program, and doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon!

Grant and I met in December of 2019. He is a 24-year-old hard worker in a marketing research position. His work is fairly sedentary, but he lives close to work so he commutes using his only mode of transportation; his legs. He started his journey at 319lbs and he is currently 198lbs, but wants to go a bit further. He used to be a basketball athlete back in high school. He knows what it’s like to be a certain weight to play his sport. His #RiseAbove goal is to lose weight and get back to playing.

The path that took him to gaining weight may sound familiar. He went from high school to university. Moved out of his parents house and started his career. Like most people in that time of life, we get stressed, we pile on more responsibility, our social circles narrow, and we find ourselves pouring our efforts into working more and playing less. He also lives alone and I think that can sometimes make it more difficult, busy trying to cook for one with limited time and potentially limited culinary experience. This is his journey.

What do you think was the largest contributor to your weight gain over the past 5 years? Stress and poor eating habits. I didn’t learn how to manage the stress of university and adult life, and formed poor behaviours that snowballed into extreme weight gain.

There are many factors to your success. Which one do you believe is the largest contributor to your weight loss? The biggest contributor to my weight loss success has been the establishment of strategies to cope with eating triggers like stress and boredom in a healthy way. Small habitual changes like switching from soda to diet soda, keeping gum on my desk while working and focusing on tying conscious and unconscious eating to different activities have been key.

What advice would you give to anyone that is starting their lifestyle change? To take it one day at a time. If you think of everything you have to do all at once, it can be very overwhelming. Planning how to lose 100 pounds is a much more daunting and difficult task than meal planning for a week or thinking about the evening’s snacks.

What do you think will always be a struggle in your health journey? Managing my eating habits will be a lifelong journey. As new challenges and stresses arise, staying diligent to form healthy strategies will be the biggest challenge.

Grant has had to make a few adjustments in the pandemic. He had to start working from home, lost the ability to use his gym, and doesn’t have to currently commute on his legs. He has adapted. He learned what adjustments he had to make when life throws us curve balls, because it does. Adaptation to these changes is crucial and Grant has the skills to do so. He is adjusting to the seasonal change and has even purchased some items for his new “home gym” (like most had to during the pandemic). His goal is to get stronger. We want to move from pounds on the scale, to how many pushups. We want to move from fat percentage to how many free throws. It’s been exciting to see him take control and mentally prepare for his next journey and to be active in the sport he fell in love with as a young kid!

To learn more about how to start your #RiseAbove weight management journey, click learn more below.

I don’t know about you, but when I first started coaching lifestyle and behaviour change, my perception of what it looked like was far different than what I know now.

We tend to think the trajectory of lifestyle change looks like a straight line from A to B. Often, the only truth to that is that the journey starts at A. How we get there looks more like a cat chasing a laser pointer than a straight line and the more accepting we are of that fact, the more we can learn about ourselves along the way.

Behaviour change is hard. A lot of us have been practicing old behaviours that no longer serve us for decades, so it makes sense that changing these behaviours will take time. One of the things we know about changing behaviour is that we will get it wrong- a lot! This is not failure but rather learning, or failing forward. The only true failure is the refusal to move from the starting line because we no longer believe we can change. Change is possible – our clients have shown us this more times than we can count – but sustainable change is slow. I say sustainable change because when we want behaviour change to last, it must be built upon a new foundation of lifestyle skills that take time to implement. When we try to change everything at once we end up overwhelmed and onto the next plan. That’s a failure of process- not our ability to change.

So what exactly is failing forward when it comes to lifestyle change? It’s realizing your why and holding it tight regardless of how many times you “fall off the wagon.” Falling only requires a course correction not a complete abandonment of the plan. I tell my clients the most important concept in lifestyle change is consistency. Weight loss can look many different ways to different people but the one constant is that we just keep going. When we hold onto the idea of improving our health and the reasons why it is important to us, the “falling off” is just learning. We then continue to tweak (over and over again) until our new lifestyle feels clear and simple. Simple; but never easy. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it!

Tracy Fisher, Health Coach

Brenda has lost 100lbs and has been able to keep it off for three years now with the help of Group23 and the Weight and Lifestyle Program.

Brenda and I started working together in 2011. She was and still is in a stressful job that demands a lot of her time and energy. When we first met each other, she was frustrated with her weight and most importantly, how her weight was keeping her from doing the things she loved. Much like the people we work with, her weight gain story is complex and unique. One of these reasons was a torn meniscus and fully ruptured ACL. Nobody plans to be injured but injury can create a different pathway in our lives. Brenda wanted to see if she could change this trajectory. We knew that weight loss and weight management would be key to the lifespan of her knee. That was our challenge: How do we lose weight and keep it off for a lifetime, particularly with injury and the dynamism of life? Here’s her #RiseAbove interview.

You’ve been able to keep the weight off for 3 years now, what would you attribute to your ability to maintain your weight loss? For me, it was finding new activities that my heart, body, and mind loved, and accepting that I had to adjust my food intake to reflect who I am today (and all along my journey). I fell in love with cycling along my journey and have come to realize that activity is key to maintaining my weight.

Do you think you could shed a little light on how you were able to lose the weight? I have lost more than 50% of my weight over the last 12 years. I have learned what types of food my body accepts along this journey, how I had to adjust my food intake, and for me the importance of daily activity. Once I learned what was best for my body and desires, I focused on what I will eat versus what I shouldn’t eat. This process made me feel free versus restricted.

Part of your weight management story has been your love for cycling. Why do you love to cycle and where along your health journey did that start to become a highlight? I started outdoor cycling in 2014 based on advice from my physio relating to my significant knee damage. Outdoor riding is just so scenic and so calming and there are just so many lovely riders who are motivators. So, it became my biggest source of encouragement along my weight loss journey.

What advice would you give to anyone that is starting their lifestyle change? My advice is to accept that the journey can be long, but along that journey discovering new things that motivate the heart, body, and mind creates a brand new trajectory. As we all age in life, we know that change will always happen. So accepting and adapting to change helps us along our new path forward.

What do you think will always be a struggle in your health journey? I would say my biggest struggle is seeing others struggle. Life is dynamic, and the struggles appear sometimes when we least expect it. I can’t predict all the things that may come my way such as injury as an example, so I think what will always be a struggle is managing new barriers that may want my weight to creep up.

Brenda now has new goals and weight management will always be in the background, but she wants to climb new mountains. She challenges herself in her exercise. Her focus on pounds and body fat percentage has changed to power in watts, time in training, and being the queen of the mountain in some of her rides. She lived her way into right thinking, she didn’t think her way into right living. She never planned to be a cyclist at the beginning of her journey, but through the process of losing weight she learned more about herself and realized new passions!

To learn more about how to start your #RiseAbove weight management journey, click learn more below.

Dr. Daniela Porter joins the Group23 team as our first ever physiatrist. Read more on physiatry below in an exclusive interview.

What is a physiatrist? 

A Physiatrist is a specialist doctor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Physiatrists may hold many different medical roles, either in a hospital environment or in a community clinic setting. Physiatrists treat patients with physical impairments or disabilities affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. Physiatrists work to maximize patients’ independence, restore functional ability, and improve quality of life. A Physiatrist has completed a university degree (usually 4 years), medical school (usually 4 years), and medical residency (5 years), plus additional subspecialty fellowship training in some cases. I have a Specialization in Sport and Exercise Medicine from the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic at Western University in London, Ontario.

What does a physiatrist do at Group23 Sports Medicine ?

My practice includes Musculoskeletal Medicine (sports injuries and beyond) and Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. I work collaboratively with the Sport Medicine physicians to formulate comprehensive, patient-centered treatment plans. 

What are the most common issues you treat? 

The most common issues I treat are concussions, neck and back pain, and osteoarthritis.

What made you decide to pursue Physiatry? 

! started my training in Orthopedic Surgery and unfortunately suffered an injury that prevented me from continuing my surgical training. I ended up being a Physiatry patient, and eventually a Physiatrist. It was the proverbial silver lining!

 What is the most rewarding part of your job? 

The most rewarding part of my job is helping people to reach their best quality of life.

THREE things you need to do to lose weight and keep it off  

When you’re looking for a quick fix to lose weight, you can pretty much guarantee a few things, it’s cookie cutter and not sustainable. Long-term weight loss requires three things to be successful, according to Olson and colleagues from the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center in Providence Rhode Island (Rhode Island Medical Journal, 2017). 

1. Calorie Restriction (no matter what macronutrient composition, most diets only address this one) 

2. Physical Activity (approximately 150 minutes per week) 

3. Behavioural Strategies (goal setting, preplanning, and problem solving)  

Eliminating any of these three steps will increase your likelihood of regaining weight. Unsurprisingly, weight regain occurs in part due to the metabolic adaptation that takes place with weight loss (we become more efficient) and to the obesogenic environment we live in (environments that promote inactivity and overconsumption; inefficient environment). This is where the behavioural strategies are needed. 

Your behaviour and environments are as unique as your physiology. For example, some of you may have a job that doesn’t allow you to snack and leaves you hungry, some may live alone and struggle cooking for one, others may have a job that requires frequent meals out, and some may like sauerkraut and while other’s do not (palate is personal). Because of this, cookie cutter diets will fail you and leave you stranded only to gain weight again.  

This is where individualization is needed. Coming up with personal strategies to overcome these obstacles will not only teach you how to overcome them (and they will come), but they will also lead you to long term success. In fact, allowing for individualization of a program to address specific areas of concern (emotional eating, restaurant eating, socializing, etc.) is ultimately a cornerstone in sustainable weight loss. 

We can’t emphasize this enough. Too many people try plans that are not suited to their psychosocial needs, only their biological needs. They come into our office frustrated and feel hopeless in their ability to live in this obesogenic environment and sustain their weight loss. But, there is hope and we encourage you to break the mold! Forge your own path of success. Ignore the quick fix and the can and can’t messages. Your success depends on how you can actually live it out, not just stay on it for 20 days. Your voice must be louder than the diet’s message. What do you need? What are your obstacles? What lifestyle is best for you not only biologically but environmentally, mentally, and emotionally? If you don’t know the answer to those questions, let us help design it with you. Freedom is just around the corner.

To book your free needs assessment to start answering these questions just click below to book. We look forward to seeing you! 

Kayloni Olson; Dale Bond; and Rena Wing. Behavioural Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity. Rhode Island Medical Journal, March 2107, 21-24. 

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