Welcome To The Obesity Guide Podcast!

I’m Dr. Rentea, a board certified Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician. I’m also the founder of The Rentea Metabolic Clinic, which serves patients in Illinois and Indiana. I come from a background of many years of primary care and developed a strong passion for metabolic health and weight management from my experiences with patients. We spent so much time managing issues like high blood pressure and diabetes, that we never got to address the root causes such as insulin resistance, weight gain, and stress management. Having gone through my own weight loss struggle, I know that obesity cannot be solved with one simple intervention. It is a chronic, lifelong condition. That’s why I want this podcast to provide you with the accurate medical information you need to manage this condition through conversations with specialists who are clinically practicing every single day.So if you’re ready to get educated on this, decrease shame, and normalize obesity as a medical problem like anything else, I can’t wait to sit down with you every week and talk solutions.Thanks for tuning in.TikTok: @matthearenteamdIG: @matthearenteamdWebiste: https://www.renteaclinic.com/Audio Stamps00:20 - Dr.Rentea introduces herself, her background and the reason she became interested in metabolic health and weight management.01:24 - We hear about Dr.Rentea’s own experience of weight loss.02:12 - Dr Matthea shares the reason she started this podcast.03:34 - We learn the importance of realizing that obesity is a medical condition.05:14 - We find out the sorts of topics that will be discussed and the specialists that will be involved in these honest conversations.Quotes00:57 - “We would always be putting the fires out, but never getting to the heart of it.”03:46 - “What we're doing here is realizing that this is actually a medical condition and we have treatment for it like anything else. This is not a moral failing. This is not a way that you’re weak. There are massive physiologic changes that happen as we try to lose weight. Our body 100% wants to fight us.”06:10 - “I want you to realize that it's no one size fits all.”All of the information on this podcast is for general informational purposes only. Please talk to your physician and medical team about what is right for you. No medical advice is being on this podcast. If you live in Indiana or Illinois and want to work with doctor Matthea Rentea, you can find out more on www.RenteaClinic.com