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Find Your True North

  • Do you have health conditions caused by, or exacerbated by excess weight? 

  • Have you unsuccessfully tried to lose weight on your own?

  • Have you experienced stigma, and bias?

If you’re living with excess weight, chances are you relate to one or all of these. I see what you are going through

I see your struggles, your pain, and the mountains of effort you have made to change!

I can tell you, obesity is not your fault.

Obesity is a diagnosable disease with many causes. It is challenging, but obesity can be treated. Sadly, the healthcare system has done a poor job at recognizing and treating obesity. Obesity wasn’t even recognized as a medical diagnosis until 2013. In primary care I saw my patients struggling with chronic conditions that are often best treated with weight loss. I recognized the need for a medical treatment option and now I’m providing just that!

That’s why I created True North.

Kielee Pelland, DNP, founder of True North, a medical weight loss clinic located in Burlington, Vt

Kielee Pelland, DNP

Hi, I’m Kielee!

As a family practice primary care clinician, I saw that weight loss is often the most important first step in managing so many complex and chronic conditions. We know that "eating less and exercising more" just doesn't work for most of our patients. And without a comprehensive approach, weight loss medication and surgery alone will not provide adequate sustained weight loss for most. 

I decided that I wanted better for my patients and found the specialty of obesity medicine. Obesity can be treated. 

A little bit about me, I grew up in VT and live in the community I grew up in with my husband and three children. I am a doctorate prepared, board certified family nurse practitioner with a certificate of advanced education in obesity medicine, and I'm a member of the Obesity Medicine Association.