Scott Marberry, MD CAQSM DABOM

12/18/2024

What a surprise this morning!! Santa's elves must have been busy last night.
I'm blessed and work with the best people!! 😁

Merry Christmas!!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween! This amazing group of Disney Villains keep this office a vibrant fun place to work!!

06/19/2024

Quick video recap of my recent interview on BuzzTV. Thank you for the invite and I look forward to coming back! At Shield Health Solutions each member in the program has a TEAM dedicated to their personal successes. Helping individuals lose weight is great, but empowering successful weight loss and reaching health goals with team support is the real excitement!!
https://dailynewsnetwork.com/2024/shows/jacksonville-buzz/the-jacksonville-buzz-with-dr-scott-marberry-of-shield-health-solutions/

Each week on “The Jacksonville Buzz” our hosts, Adrienne Houghton and Tom Reber, sits down with some of the brightest and most entertaining guests you can find on the First Coast to discuss what’s buzzing in the Bold City. Today, Adrienne and Tom talk with Alan Dial of StaffDx.

06/14/2024

Catch me this morning on BUZZ TV! 11:15 AM, Healthy Take with Adrienne Houghton. I will be talking about Shield Health Solutions and how we are transforming Jacksonville and Ponte Vedra for health weight loss!

With a focus on business, leadership and community, The Buzz Daily News Network brings news and insights from professionals in a variety of industries.

04/23/2024

What's happening to our brain after we lose weight?

It really depends on what's going on that is contributing to the weight loss. In the matter of intentional weight loss, an interesting study from Australia using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows connectivity patterns through the brain will change. The study was designed to look at brain imaging changes that present in a group of 57 participants who had recently lost weight, and they were randomized to either receive a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program and the other group (control) focused on healthy living without specific mindfulness training.

2 critical findings: The MBSR group maintained their weight loss whereas the control group had an average increase in body mass index by 3.4%. The other critical finding was that connectivity in the brain changed- the circuitry between the amygdala and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex showed increased functional connectivity. Study participants had check-ins after 8 weeks and 6 months.

Although this is a small study, it suggests that mindfulness-based stress reduction strategies not only help people who lost weight KEEP the weight off, but also restructures the brain's connectivity in a way that may also help promote healthy weight maintenance.

Mindfulness and healthy mental health play a dramatic role in our abilities to lose and control weight. We all know diet and exercise are crucial for weight loss and weight management, but don't forget to also take care of your brain and mental health!!!

Chumachenko, SY et al. Keeping weight off: mindfulness-based stress reduction alters amygdala functional connectivity during weight loss maintenance in a randomized control trial. Plos One. 2021 Jan 11;16(1):e0244847. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244847

03/06/2024

MARCH MADNESS SPECIAL!! Come check us out!

01/07/2024

Big things happening in 2024!!

January 15th marks the launch date for SHIELD HEALTH SOLUTIONS!!

This may sound sudden to many of you but this has been something I started as a concept for delivering comprehensive medical care back in 2017. For years I have been thinking of a better way to deliver medical care and we now have the solution. In a few months under the leadership of Brandi Renfro, DPT, she has taken what started as a simple concept and helped make that into a reality.

Shield Health Solutions is a medical weight loss program that is different from any weight loss clinic. It is a 6-month program for those dedicated to making healthy lifestyle changes and weight loss permanent. What makes this enterprise unique is we are partnering with our clients to help them achieve healthy weight loss and sustain success even after they complete the program.

Success comes from an expert team approach with myself, a physician focused on healthy weight loss and appropriate medication management; exercise education and personal fitness training by a certified personal trainer; nutritional guidance and planning with a registered dietitian; and attention to behavioral and mental health care strategies with a licensed clinical therapist. These 4 pillars of health (medical, physical, nutritional, mental) combined in a collaborative approach are keys to success. I am blessed to have found local health experts that share a vision for better weight loss and health optimizations, and we are geared up to set YOU on the right path to healthy weight loss!

During the next 6 months you will have a team behind you every step of the way, encouraging and promoting your success and weight loss transformation.

Please join us for our Grand Opening Event!! Come see our new office in the Nocatee/Ponte Vedra location at 4210 Valley Ridge Blvd Ste 129 on Monday January 15th, 2024 from 5-7 PM EST.
You have nothing to lose but weight!

Scott T. Marberry, MD is board-certified for Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, & Obesity Medicine

01/01/2024

A meditation to start and repeat through 2024:

"Eat well. Move more. Stress less. Love more. That’s it."

-Dean Ornish, MD

12/31/2023

May 2024 bring prosperity and health to you and to all you cherish! Happy New Year!!!