Helping patients achieve a healthy weight improves their well-being and quality of life. It's life-changing for patients and extremely rewarding for me. Obesity is a contributing factor to a multitude of chronic health conditions and can have a significant impact on quality of life. It's a chronic, relapsing disease and by effectively treating it, many chronic weight-related health conditions - including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnea - can improve or even resolve. I promote a holistic and comprehensive approach to healthcare, which includes a focus on mental, as well as physical, health. Optimizing nutrition, sleep, physical activity and stress management can have a positive impact on health and wellness, and these interventions - all offered by my office - serve as the foundation of effective long-term weight management plans. Some patients require additional interventions to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. I work with them to develop a personalized plan that may include medications or other treatments. An educated patient is an empowered patient, so education is a big focus for me. Before going back to school to specialize, I worked as a primary care provider for 17 years. That experience helps me understand both the impact of chronic medical conditions on patients' quality of life and some of the common contributing factors to obesity. My obesity medicine training has given me a deeper understanding of the complex disease of obesity as well as effective treatment strategies. I stay active in my field by being a member of the North Carolina Obesity Society, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
ServicesRhonda Mough provides internal medicine in Wilmington, NC. Rhonda Mough is listed as an internist, which is a physician who studies Internal Medicine for adults.
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