{"id":23913,"date":"2025-12-08T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=23913"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:04:48","slug":"lifestyle-change-program-helps-patients-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/lifestyle-change-program-helps-patients-lose-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision Wellness Program Helps Patients Lose Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Precision Wellness Program Helps Patients Lose Weight<\/h1>\t\t<time>December 8, 2025<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_e50ed90da350d5d3352351314a8eb0a1\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Precision Wellness is a 16-week, evidence-based, lifestyle change program offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/find-a-location\/samaritan-weight-management-institute\/\">Samaritan Weight Management Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by experts who specialize in obesity, the program gives patients the skills needed to gain optimal health and well-being, with a focus on nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness, sleep, hormones and metabolic optimization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRoughly 40% of adults in the U.S. are obese,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/find-a-doctor\/brown-katy-1396987699\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katy Brown, DO<\/a>, an endocrinologist for Samaritan Weight Management Institute. \u201cPrecision Wellness focuses on lifestyle changes designed to improve metabolic health parameters, including high blood pressure, prediabetes, diabetes, cholesterol and many other health implications that arise or are exacerbated by excess weight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until recently, Samaritan Weight Management Institute has primarily offered patients surgical weight loss options, such as gastric bypass and vertical sleeve gastrectomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur surgical weight loss program is fantastic,\u201d Dr. Brown said. \u201cFor a variety of reasons though, whether it\u2019s qualification, eligibility or otherwise, surgery isn\u2019t always the right option for every person we see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants in Precision Wellness meet virtually each week over the course of 16 weeks. The program also includes physical activity sessions at SamFit \u2013 Corvallis and Albany, healthy recipes, support groups and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis program is designed to provide patients another option to help them reach optimal health,\u201d said Dr. Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/event\/precision-wellness-sustainable-weight-loss\/\">Precision Wellness program<\/a> is offered each spring and fall. Patients can self-enroll or be referred via Epic to Samaritan Weight Management Institute. Openings are limited, and advance registration is required. Contact the weight loss team now if you\u2019re interested in enrolling for the fall program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions or to enroll, contact the clinic at <a class=\"phone-link\" href=\"tel:541-768-4280\">541-768-4280<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates must be 18 years of age or older with a BMI of 27 or greater.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the program from Dr. Katy Brown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Precision Wellness Program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K23n5Y1Q8VQ?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/strong-empowered-woman-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman in a pink camo running attire flexes in the sunshine.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/strong-empowered-woman-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/strong-empowered-woman-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/strong-empowered-woman-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan Weight Management Institute now offers Precision Wellness, a 16-week, evidence-based lifestyle change program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[293],"news-types":[272,269],"services":[267],"specialty":[],"class_list":["post-23913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-wellness","news-types-news","news-types-classes-events","services-weight-management"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=23913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}