Going to your PCP or an obesity medicine physician or clinic might entail waiting weeks to months, and there are countless telehealth platforms now that have appointments much sooner, says Meghan Garcia-Webb, MD, a triple board-certified physician in internal medicine, lifestyle medicine, and obesity medicine and founder of the private practice Weight Medicine MD
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