Weight Loss Panel (PWL)

Includes:

• CRP
• Vitamin B12 & Folate
• Fasting glucose
• HBa1c
• Iron studies (including iron, transferrin, transferrin saturation and ferritin)
• Lipids (including total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides and the cholesterol/HDL ratio)
• Liver function tests (including total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, ALP, GGT, AST and ALT) – also available as part of Liver Health
• Kidney function tests (including sodium, potassium, creatinine and eGFR)
• TSH & Free T4
• Vitamin D (25-OH)

Significant weight loss can produce important changes throughout the body, whether it is achieved through lifestyle change, dietary intervention or weight-loss medication.

This panel provides a broad view of your metabolic and nutritional health, including blood glucose and HbA1c, cholesterol and other blood lipids, kidney and liver function, thyroid function, iron status, Vitamin B12, folate and Vitamin D.

It can be useful before beginning a weight-loss programme to establish a baseline, or during weight loss to see how important health markers are changing. The results may identify nutritional deficiencies, changes in glucose control, cholesterol, thyroid function or other abnormalities that may benefit from further attention.

For people using weight-loss medication, the panel also provides useful information about metabolic health, kidney and liver function and nutritional status during treatment.

Blood testing cannot identify every possible effect or complication of weight-loss medication. New, significant or persistent symptoms should still be medically assessed even when blood results are within the reference range.

Sample type: Blood

Turn around time: 2 days