Weight management programme
Medical, lifestyle, and surgical weight-management pathways tailored to different needs, with distinct programmes available across Mediclinic Middle East.
Different pathways for different needs
Weight management can involve nutrition and lifestyle support, medical treatment, monitoring of weight-related health conditions, medication where clinically indicated, or bariatric procedures for some patients.
Mediclinic Middle East offers several structured weight-management pathways. Eligibility, participating facilities, clinical teams, and treatment options differ, so each programme is described separately below.
Thiqa personalised Weight management programme
The Department of Health - Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre launched the personalised Weight management programme as a first-of-its-kind programme in the region for eligible Thiqa members aged 18 and above who are clinically identified as overweight or obese.
Available at Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Mediclinic Al Ain Hospital, and Mediclinic Al Jowhara Hospital, it combines multidisciplinary clinical care, digital monitoring, tailored support, and a reimbursement model designed to encourage sustained engagement, accountability, and active participation. The programme aims to support sustainable weight management and active living while reducing risks associated with excess weight, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers, and supporting longer-term health and quality of life.
Your Thiqa health plan may include
- BMI measurement and metabolic evaluation
- Medication and other clinical interventions where medically indicated
- Ongoing nutrition guidance
- Monitoring of health indicators and physical activity
- Medically supervised strategies for longer-term weight management
- Sahatna app monitoring for physical activity, heart health, sleep, and stress
How to get started with the Thiqa programme
- Check that you meet the programme eligibility criteria
- Book an initial consultation at a participating Mediclinic hospital
- Receive a personalised plan based on your clinical needs
- Use Sahatna to support ongoing monitoring and engagement
Programme resources
- Educational flyer - PDF | 218.69 KB
- Patient journey - PDF | 7.60 MB
- Lifestyle guide - PDF | 836.21 KB
Weight management at Mediclinic City Hospital
Mediclinic City Hospital provides an ethical, evidence-based weight-reduction programme for adults with obesity, combining medical and surgical care. The multidisciplinary team includes endocrinology, bariatric surgery, gastroenterology, anaesthesia, psychology, dietetics, exercise therapy, and programme coordination.
Weight-reduction cases and decisions are reviewed by the multidisciplinary team. The programme includes a monthly patient support group and is fully compliant with American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery guidelines.
How we support your care
- Evidence-based care for people living with obesity
- Monitoring of obesity-related medical conditions and risk factors
- High-quality patient and public information
- Improved access to care pathways through stronger referral processes and coordination between levels of care
- Comprehensive multidisciplinary collaboration
- Support and therapeutic education to help patients make healthy lifestyle changes
- Education for staff involved in obesity care
- Improved obesity-related knowledge and awareness among the public and healthcare providers
- Closer collaboration between clinical researchers and scientists
- Integration of healthcare, teaching, and research
- Support for clinical research projects
Weight Management Centre at Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital
Obesity is a disease that can affect health, independence, and everyday life, and is associated with conditions including diabetes, high cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease.
The Weight Management Centre provides nutritional, metabolic, medical, and surgical care for weight management and obesity-related conditions. It is structured around international best-practice guidance and offers both surgical and non-surgical care, including pharmacotherapy where appropriate, supported by a broad multidisciplinary team and dedicated clinical technology.
All listed surgical procedures are performed using a laparoscopic, or keyhole, approach. This is intended to reduce pain, support earlier discharge, and help patients return to work and normal activities sooner. The centre is designated a Centre of Excellence in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation, USA, recognising the international quality of its ethical, evidence-based weight-reduction programme for adults and adolescents.
The Airport Road multidisciplinary team
- Bariatric and metabolic surgery
- Endocrinology
- Dietetics
- Psychiatry and psychology
- Cardiology
- Pulmonology
- Interventional gastroenterology
- Internal and family medicine
- Intensive care
- Interventional radiology
- Anaesthesia
- Rehabilitation and exercise therapy
- Bariatric coordination
- Diabetes education
- Cardiopulmonary therapy
- Clinical pharmacy
Treatment and support at Airport Road
- Multidisciplinary non-surgical management of weight gain or regain
- Intragastric balloon insertion
- Laparoscopic gastric banding
- Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
- One-anastomosis gastric bypass, also known as Mini Gastric Bypass or Omega Loop Bypass
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- Management of complications following obesity surgery, including leak, obstruction, herniation, or twist
- Revisional surgery to correct failed obesity surgery
- Revisional bariatric procedures for weight regain
- Management of obesity-related medical conditions
- Counselling before and after obesity surgery
- Specialised dietetic care
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Need help? Contact us
For Dubai programmes, call 800 1999. For Abu Dhabi and Al Ain programmes, call 800 2000. For City Hospital programme enquiries, email city.weightreduction@mediclinic.ae. For Airport Road Weight Management Centre enquiries, email mcme-mairweightmanagement@mediclinic.ae.