IMSWF is very excited to offer a scientifically valid method of determining your caloric needs.  This will allow us to prescribe very specific caloric diets to help you lose weight. We feel your physician is most qualified to assist in weight loss and control.  We can also follow recommended changes to see how the recommendations impact a patients metabolic rate.  This may allow further refinement in diet and exercise recommendations to help patient achieve weight goals.  This test can also be used in patients with thyroid disease to help verify proper dosing of thyroid replacement in patients with underactive thyroid.

We use the ReeVue Indirect Calorimeter by Korr.  Patients should prepare for the test by avoiding eating a meal 4 hours before the test, avoid exercising on the day of the test, avoid the use of stimulants such as caffeine on the day of the test.