FAST | SAFE | AFFORDABLE Dr. James Huffnagle
Veteran Owned Board Certified
Clarksville 2237B Lowe’s Drive West Clarksville, TN 37040 Tuesday 8am-1pm
Franklin 125 Cool Springs Blvd. Franklin, TN 37067 Thursday 8am-5pm Friday 8am-5pm
Dickson 768 Highway 46 South Dickson, TN 37055 Monday 8am-5pm Wednesday 8am-5pm
(615)441-4404 www.JamesHuffnagleMD.com
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r. James Huffnagle is a board-certified fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. He is a former US Army Major and his interest in weight loss dates back to his service in the medical Corps where he found it for filling to help soldiers and civilians to lose weight and meet their physical fitness goals. Dr. Huffnagle moved to middle Tennessee after his military service in 1996 and has been a practicing medical and bariatric (weight loss) doctor since. As a family physician, he was amazed at how even small progress in weight reduction leads to much greater benefits in overall health, including increased mobility and sense of well-being, medication reduction, and lab value improvement. The medical benefits of weight loss can be very dramatic and long-lasting. Becoming nonobese, that is to say with a BMI (body mass index) of 30 kg/m2, has powerful effects. For instance, it lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke by 3.3 times, type 2 diabetes by 70%, and both men and women can live 7 to 10 years longer. There are over 200 medical benefits for those who obtain the non-obese status. At Dr Huffnagle’s Center For Medical Weight Loss, we identify where you are and where we think you’d like your weight to be. With your health and personal information in mind, we customize a weight-loss program to realize your goals as quickly and as easily as possible!
The experience at Dr Huffnagle and The Center For Medical Weight Loss office is similar in many respects to a visit with any medical doctor. The difference with our program is that it is ALL about you and how we can help you to lose weight. The inital visit with Dr. Huffnagle involves weight analysis, a detailed discussion of medical versus cosmetic weight loss, and an understanding as to where the optimal weight should be. Next, a full medical history and physical is performed by Dr. Huffnagle, and attention is given especially to underlying medical conditions, functional status and limitations, and preferences as to diet and exercise. Finally, Dr. Huffnagle discusses a program customized for the patient which includes ultimately dietaty, behavioral, sleep, and exercise recommendations. Our medications include, but are not limited to, phentermine, chromium, vitamin b-12 injections, glucophage and SSRI therapy, alone or in combination. Follow-up appointments are every 6 weeks, with attention to progress of weight loss, adjustment of medications, and evaluation of ease and compliance with diet and exercise therapy. Because this is medical weight loss, Dr. Huffnagle works with the patient to adjust existing medications and therapies in accordance with ongoing weight loss. Patients are encouraged to stay compliant with all aspects of the program and have continuous access to Dr. Huffnagle and his staff between visits. He is always availble to answer questions and offer encouragement. 54