Weight Management

Veteran Byron Potier weighed almost 300 pounds and was tired and lethargic. He was the perfect candidate for gastric sleeve surgery.

Download the MOVE! Coach app to boost your daily activity and improve your health for Move More Month.

MOVE! is a weight management and health promotion program designed to improve the lives of Veterans like this Marine and Vietnam War Veteran.

VA’s MOVE! team helped update the VA-DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines. Veterans can be confident that VA regularly evaluates the evidence for the care they provide. It’s available online.

Annie for Veterans is VA’s automated text messaging service that helps Veterans meet their health goals. Here’s how it helps two Veterans by sending them text reminders to manage their weight.

The program is designed for Veterans who are currently overweight or obese, with a BMI of 25 or greater. The meetings are a time for nutrition and physical activity education along with a weekly weigh-in.

If you are serious about weight loss and living a healthy lifestyle, the VA MOVE Program is the way to go. For me it was, and is, a quality of life choice.

​U.S. Navy Veteran Richard Dalton readily admits one of his biggest limitations while trying to lose weight was himself.

f your holidays are anything like mine, you will give plenty of thanks for the food you eat and the shared company of family and friends. Both of my grandfathers served during World War II, and they made it very clear to me to cherish the holidays with my loved ones, and to thank those who have served and who are unable to be with their loved ones during the holidays.