Eligibility
Could medical weight-loss care be right for you?
Start with your body mass index, then read what else a doctor weighs up. Nothing on this page is a decision — only a licensed doctor can make that, after reviewing your full history.
Calculate your BMI
Body mass index is a starting point, not a diagnosis. It is one of several things a clinician considers.
Enter your height and weight
BMI does not distinguish muscle from fat and is less reliable for very muscular people, for some ethnic groups, during pregnancy, and at the extremes of height. A clinician interprets it alongside everything else.
Where the clinical thresholds usually sit
Most clinical guidelines consider weight-management medication from a BMI of 30, or from 27 where there is also a weight-related health condition. Thresholds differ between guidelines and countries, and a doctor applies them to your case rather than mechanically.
Weight-related conditions that can lower the threshold include type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obstructive sleep apnoea, fatty liver disease, high cholesterol, polycystic ovary syndrome and osteoarthritis affecting weight-bearing joints.
What else the doctor considers
- How your weight has changed over time, and what you have already tried
- Other diagnoses, and whether any of them need treating first
- Everything you take, including anything that may itself be driving weight gain
- Contraindications and personal or family history
- Your relationship with food, and whether a different kind of care would serve you better
- Whether you are able to attend follow-up, because unmonitored treatment is not safe treatment
If a public health system has already turned you down
Public systems often apply stricter thresholds than clinical guidelines allow for private care, so being outside their criteria does not mean treatment is clinically inappropriate for you. It also does not mean it is appropriate — that still needs a doctor's assessment.
Equally, if your body mass index is below the clinical threshold, a responsible service will tell you no. That is the answer you should want.
What happens if you continue
The assessment is free and takes about ten minutes. A licensed doctor reviews it and decides whether treatment is clinically appropriate. If the answer is no, you are told why and you are not charged.
Free assessment. Membership starts only after a clinician reviews your case.