Over the last two decades, our approach to weight management has continued to evolve, grounded in evidence-based medicine, patient-centered engagement, and the recognition of obesity as a chronic disease.
Today, weight and metabolic health are integrated into our primary care model. Rather than managing weight in isolation, our teams address obesity alongside diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular risk, sleep disorders, and other related chronic conditions as part of each patient's ongoing care.
Our Population Health team delivers Chronic Care Management and Remote Physiological Monitoring, when appropriate, helping our care teams stay engaged with you between office visits. Patient-recorded health information, such as weight and blood pressure, can be transmitted through the Healow patient portal, helping you and your care team track progress, maintain accountability, and make informed decisions about your ongoing care.
INCHES™ provides the virtual education and group-support component of this integrated approach. Through ongoing virtual group sessions, patients receive evidence-based education in nutrition, physical activity, behavior change, weight management, and metabolic health, along with shared learning and encouragement to support sustainable lifestyle change.
Medical and medication management remain integrated with each patient's primary care team, while Population Health and INCHES™ extend engagement, monitoring, education, and support beyond the individual office visit.
Dr. Mary Tilak is an Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician who has spent her career caring for patients with complex acute and chronic medical conditions. Early in her career, she recognized a recurring challenge: improving diabetes, hypertension, sleep disorders, cardiovascular risk, and overall quality of life often required addressing obesity as part of the underlying chronic disease picture.
That realization led her to create TAWL, which began many years ago in the parking lot of her primary care office with a simple goal—to help patients make meaningful and sustainable changes in their health.
As the science of obesity medicine advanced, so did our approach. TAWL evolved into INCHES™, bringing evidence-based medical management together with nutrition, behavioral change, education, technology, and team-based care.
Today, that evolution continues. Obesity and metabolic health are no longer managed as a separate weight-loss program at Mary Tilak & Associates. They are integrated into our primary care model, with physicians and nurse practitioners managing each patient's medical care and Population Health delivering Chronic Care Management and Remote Physiological Monitoring to support patients between visits.
Within this model, INCHES™ has evolved into our virtual education and group-support platform—helping patients better understand their health, learn from one another, stay engaged, and develop the everyday behaviors that support their individual medical treatment plans.
Our focus has grown beyond simply losing weight. It is about improving metabolic health, managing chronic disease, reducing preventable complications, and helping patients achieve better health and quality of life for the long term.
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9410 Calumet Ave, Ste 101
Munster, IN 46321
Phone and Text: (219) 922-8051
6625 W Lincoln Hwy
Schererville, IN 46307
Phone and Text: (219) 922-8051
1275 E North Street, Suite 102
Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone and Text: (219) 922-8051