How to Invest in Your Health: Find a Trusted Partner to Help Manage Weight

By: Nina Paddu, DO,  – Maimonides bariatrician

At the start of every year, New Year’s Resolution season inspires many of us to manage our weight weight. With January over, why not keep that resolve into the rest of the year? Managing your weight is one of the best things you can do for your long-term health and happiness. Right now, 40% of Americans are obese, and 70% are overweight. With one in every five adults considered overweight in the U.S. and almost half of the U.S. population projected to be diagnosed with obesity by 2030, those dealing with this are not alone.

Carrying extra weight creates greater risk of developing serious health challenges, including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallstones, and certain cancers. It can also negatively affect how you breathe, sleep, and react to stress. Fortunately, though, it’s not something that you just have to live with. Today, there are so many different options available to help us manage our weight. Weight loss is truly an achievable goal, and you don’t have to do it alone. The Maimonides Weight Management Center is one of Brooklyn’s most comprehensive destinations for weight management resources, and we will help you navigate the best path forward. Whether the right solution is through lifestyle changes, medication, or surgical intervention, Maimonides has created a one-stop resource that makes losing weight easier than ever for Brooklynites.

The Maimonides Weight Management Center offers a full spectrum of services for adults seeking help with obesity and weight loss. Coming to Maimonides means you have access to board-certified obesity medicine providers, fellowship-trained specialists, registered dietitians, bariatric surgeons, and a robust support system. Our focus is centered around working with patients to maintain healthy weight for the long term, providing the best chance at reaping the associated health benefits – one of many reasons Newsweek named us one of the Best Weight Loss Clinics in 2025.

Is a lifestyle change right for you? Or would you benefit from medication? We find out the answers through getting to know our patients. There is a multitude of reasons why someone might be carrying extra weight. Our process includes a psychological screening to better understand eating behaviors. We talk to you to find out about your previous attempts to lose weight, we find out about weight-related medical conditions, we talk about your family history, we investigate your metabolism and genetics, as well as your lifestyle, habits, environment, and stress levels. With that information, we create a comprehensive treatment plan that is personalized and achievable.

While lifestyle recommendations work for some, others may need more intensive therapy. If appropriate, we can prescribe anti-obesity medications, including the new GLP-1 receptor agonists as well as GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist combinations. If it turns out that surgery is the right choice for patients, our bariatric surgeons are recognized among the best in New York City.

Robotic and minimally invasive techniques offered across our surgical specialties, including bariatric surgery, allows patients a faster recovery time, more precise procedures, and less pain, scarring, and risk of infection. Our bariatric surgery team has been recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons for the past 10 years.

We offer patients sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, single-anastomosis duodenal switch (SIPS), intragastric weight loss balloon, and revisional bariatric surgery. For patients who undergo surgery, we continue to support them through educational seminars and post-operative support groups, fostering a community of so many incredible patients who are thrilled with their results and committed to maintaining lifelong good health. It’s all about assisting individuals as they create long-lasting healthy habits, and giving them the boost they need to get the life they want in reach.

Anyone looking to shed a few pounds, or address obesity or obesity-related complications, can get the help they need by calling 718-283-MWMC (6962) or visiting maimo.org/weight management. Come transform your life and take control of your health at our Weight Management Center today.