Dr. Wendy Scinta specializes in bariatrics, the science of obesity, and is the first and only physician in Central New York to be certified by the American Society of Bariatric Physicians.
Trained as a family physician, Dr. Scinta is uniquely qualified to address the health needs of children. Diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, fatty liver, and sleep apnea are just a few of the problems on the rise in our children that could prevent them from outliving their parents.
Dr. Wendy Scinta is one of only 350 board-certified bariatrians in the country, and one of the few experts in the country specializing in the treatment of childhood obesity.
As the only obesity expert in Central New York, she sees hundreds of children for weight loss each year ranging from 4 to 18 years of age. Medical Weight Loss of New York, has been helping obese and overweight children since 2003, and her BOUNCE program has recently received national attention.
Dr. Scinta is a leading expert in the field of weight management and a national speaker on childhood obesity. As a past member of the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, Dr. Scinta has worked on initiatives to improve nutrition label accuracy, boost nutritional content of school lunches, improve access to healthy and affordable foods, and increase physical activity in children.
