Physician-supervised weight loss built around your health history and goals, with in-person follow-up at our Bradenton office. Start with a free consultation.
If you have tried diets, exercise plans and willpower and still struggle with your weight, you are not alone. For many people, weight is shaped by genetics, hormones, medications, sleep, stress and metabolism, not just effort. Medical weight loss starts from that reality: a licensed clinician reviews your health, talks through your goals and builds a plan that fits you.
Wellness Center of Lakewood Ranch is a local weight loss clinic serving Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton and Sarasota. Our care is led by Dr. Nancie Manning AP, DOM and Dr. Alphonso Belsito MD.
We review your health history, current medications, prior weight loss attempts and goals. When it is clinically appropriate, we use labs and body measurements to understand where you are starting from.
Your plan is based on your evaluation, not a template. It may combine nutrition guidance, activity recommendations that suit your fitness level, and, if it is appropriate and you want it, prescription medication.
For some adults, FDA-approved GLP-1 medicines for chronic weight management are part of a supervised plan. Learn more about semaglutide weight loss in Lakewood Ranch and Bradenton and tirzepatide weight loss in Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota, including who may be a candidate, side effects and safety. These medicines are not right for everyone, and the decision is made together with your clinician.
Medication is never the whole plan. We help you build eating patterns you can sustain, rather than strict diets that are hard to keep up, and we talk through the habits that tend to make or break long-term results.
Regular visits let us track your progress, check for side effects and adjust your plan. If you are taking a prescription medicine, follow-up is also how doses are changed safely.
A supervised program may be worth discussing if you:
If you are managing other health conditions, we will coordinate with your other doctors where it helps.
Some patients also use acupuncture or laser therapy at our clinic for other health goals. These are separate services, and they are not a substitute for medical weight loss care.
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Our office is at 5255 Office Park Blvd STE 107, Bradenton, FL 34203. We serve patients from Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Sarasota, Parrish, Palmetto, Ellenton and nearby communities. Hours: Mon & Tue 7:30 AM – 12 PM and 2 – 5 PM, Wed 7:30 AM – 12 PM and 2 – 3 PM, Thu 7:30 AM – 12 PM, closed Fri – Sun. See contact and directions.
Medical weight loss is weight management led by a licensed clinician. It starts with your health history and goals, and can include nutrition and lifestyle guidance, lab work when clinically appropriate, prescription medication when it is a good fit, and scheduled follow-up to monitor safety and progress.
Wellness Center of Lakewood Ranch offers physician-supervised medical weight loss at 5255 Office Park Blvd STE 107 in Bradenton, FL, serving patients from Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Sarasota, Parrish, Palmetto and Ellenton. Your first consultation is free.
Cost depends on the plan and on any medication included, and insurance coverage for weight loss medication varies widely by plan. We go over all costs with you during your free consultation, before you commit to anything.
Results vary from person to person and depend on your health, your plan and how consistently you can follow it. In clinical trials of GLP-1 medicines used with diet and activity changes, average weight loss ranged from roughly 15% to 21% of body weight over more than a year, and individual results ranged widely. We cannot guarantee a specific result.
No. Medication is one possible part of a plan and is not right for everyone. Your clinician will talk with you about whether a prescription option fits your health history and goals, and what a plan without medication could look like.
Any weight loss approach has risks and benefits. Prescription medicines can cause side effects and are not suitable for everyone, which is why they are prescribed after a review of your history and followed with regular check-ins. Your clinician will explain the risks of any option before you decide.
Choose Book Free Consultation on this page, call (941) 702-0066, or book online at /get-started. At the consultation we review your goals and history and talk through your options.
This page is general information, not medical advice. Prescription weight loss medicines are not right for everyone, and individual results vary.
Costs, eligibility and what ongoing care includes, written for our local patients.
Schedule your free consultation to see whether a supervised program is right for you.
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