More About Holland Clinic's Medical Weight Loss Program

• 20/20 Diet
  • Diet Prescription
  • Hyperpalatable Food and Obesity
• Albuquerque, New Mexico Office Information
• Exercise for Weight Loss
  • Altitude and Weight Loss
  • Avoiding Injury
  • Benefits of Exercise
  • Best Exercise For Weight Loss
  • Exercise Duration
  • Exercise Frequency
  • Exercise Intensity
  • Exercise May Not Improve Weight Loss
  • Exercise Prescription
  • Fat Burn Zone Calculator
  • Fat Burning Zone Exercise
  • How to find your heart rate
  • Popular Exercise
  • Respiratory Exchange Ratio & Weight Loss
  • The Truth About Exercise
  • Why Exercise Burns So Few Calories
• FAQs about Our Medical Weight Loss Clinic
• History of Holland Clinic's Weight Loss Program
• Medical Care and Weight Loss at Holland Clinic
  • A Guide to Starting as new Medical Weight Loss Patient
  • Albuquerque Weight-Loss Medication Clinic
  • Counselling and Education for Weight Loss
  • Internet-Based Care Options
  • Laboratory Testing for Our Weight Loss Clinic
  • Medical Evaluation of Your Weight and Health
  • Medical Management of Weight-Related Illnesses
  • One-to-One Doctor Visits
  • Weight History
  • Weight Maintenance Program
• Meet Dr. Holland: Medical Weight Loss Specialist
  • curriculum vitae Mark Holland MD
• What Is Medical Weight Loss?
• WHAT WE OFFER

Holland Clinic is an Albuquerque Medical Weight Loss Clinic

Holland Clinic is an Albuquerque, New Mexico based medical practice that specializes exclusively in Bariatrics (medical weight control). As medical director and staff physician, I (Mark Holland MD) have practiced bariatric medicine in Albuquerque since 1991 and has treated thousands of patients during that time.

"On my first day of medical school, the whole class received a lecture from the dean. He began by telling us that we were about to embark on a great journey of learning that would forever change the way we see the world.

But he also warned us that "half of what we are going to teach you will one day be proven wrong." As the laughter subsided, he added: "the worst part of it is that we have no idea which half."

I face the same problem in trying to write meaningfully about obesity and weight control. As a medical specialty, Bariatrics (medical weight control) is still in its infancy. Serious quality research into the subject is relatively new. Half of what is in this book may one day be proven wrong also.

Despite this, good things are happening. Obesity research is finally moving ahead full steam in this country and in Europe. After decades of inattention, the federal government, drug companies and some of the nation’s best scientists are now bringing their considerable talents to bear on learning more about this illness and its treatments. This is a time of incredible change and excitement.

I believe that within my lifetime, obesity will likely become a treatable, perhaps even curable illness. This will come about because of the insights medical research is giving us today.

One of my goals in writing this book (website) is to keep my patients and other interested readers abreast of all these remarkable changes. Unfortunately, this is not easy. I began writing this book (website) two years ago, and since then, I have had to re-write entire chapters in order to accommodate huge changes in the field.

You the reader of this book shall have two responsibilities. First, to update it when needed (we will give you the updates) and second to heed the words of my old dean.

Read more about Mark J. Holland MD