Healthy Holidays from The Weight and Wellness Institute – Dr. Vincent Pera

December 11, 2022
The weight and wellness institute logo.

by Dr. Vincent Pera – and team members, The Weight and Wellness Institute, Cranston Weight control, wellness and improving health are for many a lifelong endeavor that can require discipline, motivation and sacrifice. The holiday season brings along a new level of challenges sometimes making it more difficult to succeed with this endeavor. Limiting high…

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Follow-up: Closure of Lifespan Centers for Weight and Wellness

June 9, 2022
Center for weight and wellness.

by Nancy Thomas Yesterday, NBC10’s health reporter, Barbara Morse, followed up on our initial story about the sudden closure of Lifespan’s Weight Loss and Wellness program. Here is the video report that aired: – Click on link, below photo: https://turnto10.com/features/health-landing-page/rhode-island-lifespan-weight-and-wellness-center-eating-health-pre-diabetes-optifast?fs=e&s=cl&fbclid=IwAR01Hscnp7OakJxHzlm9C1kVio8z1dOZfpIAMa2KxZ1-GKZf3DdVfFCv5zg Notably, Lifespan did not provide any information on-camera, except to say that they were moving…

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UPDATED: Lifespan to close its Centers for Weight & Wellness. Patients react.

May 18, 2022
A black and white photo of the center for weight and wellness.

This story has been updated, see below The Center for Weight Loss and Wellness at Lifespan’s Miriam Hospital location is shutting its doors. The program, portions of which are associated with the Optifast product, is honoring contracts as they wind their way down, depending on pre-payment schedules. No new patients are being accepted. Approximately 1,000…

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