Bariatric Doctor Featured in Northern Virginia Magazine

Woodbridge, VA (PRWEB) April 2, 2008

Dr. William McCarthy of the Northern Virginia Bariatric Consultants Weight Loss Center (NOVA ABC) was recently featured in Northern Virginia Magazine for his center's work with weight disorders. They have an innovative approach to weight disorders, looking at them as serious diseases with serious consequences. Excess weight and obesity is treated as a serious disease with serious consequence.

The recent feature in Northern Virginia Magazine, which appeared in the February 2008 special issue on Breakthrough Medicine, discusses how Dr. McCarthy started his career in family medicine. After seeing how obesity was the root of so many problems he switched to Bariatrics, which is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. Bariatric medicine is gaining more attention in the medical community as physicians realize that excess weight is a disease of epidemic proportions in our society.

Dr. McCarthy is one of only 300 physicians certified by The American Board of Bariatric Medicine, which gives him a unique perspective on weight loss. He and his associates at Nova ABC Weight Loss Center look at their patient's lifestyle, metabolism, and underlying medical issues, and design a plan specifically for the individual. Dr. McCarthy monitors the progress of all of his patients, assesses their individual situation and adjusts their program to help them achieve maximum and lasting success. He also does not use any invasive methods such as surgery to accomplish these goals.

The Northern Virginia Bariatric Consultants Weight Loss Center is located in Woodbridge, Virginia. For more information, visit http://www.novaabc.com.

About Nova ABC Weight Loss Center:
The mission of Nova ABC is to help patients maximize their health, fitness, energy, and well-being by attaining and maintaining a healthy weight loss without surgery or invasive procedures. Excess weight and obesity is a chronic medical disease that contributes to serious medical problems such as hypertension, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, esophageal reflux, sleep apnea, arthritis, liver disease and certain cancers, which requires treatment by a physician who specializes in of weight loss. Mainstream medicine is well aware of the problems created by excess weight, but has focused more on the treatment of the medical consequences that excess weight causes rather than on the weight itself.

Dr. McCarthy has long recognized the frustration of treating the consequences of a problem without attacking the root cause, and understands the importance of treating weight problems as the key to better health. Nova ABC Weight Loss Center utilizes proven, safe, and effective methods to help patients lose weight and keep it off. As a trained physician, Dr. McCarthy is not limited to a particular diet or program, but can adjust a patient's therapy based on their personal and medical needs. Dr. McCarthy understands medical history, medications and limitations, and can work with personal physicians to coordinate every aspect of patient care.

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