There is an urgent need for the existing global medical care of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and also, preventive health care measures against other weight-related illnesses, such as types of cancer (colorectal, prostate, breast, ovarian, aerodigestive), non-alcoholic liver disease, weakened muscle and bone structures, to include integrative weight-healthcare (not simply weight loss through behaviour control and exercise).

Too many lives and limbs are being lost to the complications of type 2 diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome*, when scientific/clinical/epidemiological evidences are already present, showing that these weight-related diseases can be stabilized or even reversed in some cases, through modulation of the energy flux, energy distribution and energy metabolism, when combined with high quality medical care.

*Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure and non-trauma leg amputation in the world! Colorectal cancer and heart disease are top killers in Singapore and Australia. Globally, prostate, ovarian and breast cancer cases are elevated in people with obesity and/or adiposity. Strikingly, aerodigestive cancers are elevated in people with low-normal weight. People with normal weight can still suffer from adiposity, inflammation, oxidative stress, glycation and be unhealthy in general. So, weight management as proactive healthcare cannot be simply weight loss.

At Vivo Health Centre, our groundbreaking Integrative Weight-Healthcare Model encompassing sustainable tripartite weight management (STWM) is internationally peer-reviewed and published (see News and Information). Ideal weight care is not a self-torturous race (of losing weight) nor a single point in time (to look slim). It is about having lifelong, improved body shape, body composition and body function, so that you can have a higher quality-of-life, filled with happiness and health.

Integrative Weight-Healthcare is a form of proactive healthcare. For global healthcare to be comprehensive (wholistic), it must not only be limited to medical intervention (treatment of diseases), but also, include health protection (prevention of diseases/risks reduction) and health promotion (improved lifespan, vigour and quality-of-life).

In this context, Vivo Health’s integrative weight-healthcare combines the medical care being provided by your pharmacist, family physician, nurse, dietician and/or other medical specializations (if existing weight-linked diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and hypertension are already present), with the ideal weight care provided by our STWM specialist.