About
Valley Metabolic Health brings specialist obesity and metabolic care to Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley — grounded in the science, free of stigma, and connected to the people who care for you every day.
Our mission is simple: to make effective, compassionate, evidence-based care for obesity and metabolic disease available to everyone in the Western Zone.
Obesity is a chronic medical condition driven by biology, not a failure of willpower. People living with it deserve the same standard of care, respect, and access as anyone managing diabetes, heart disease, or any other chronic illness. Valley Metabolic Health exists to deliver that standard locally — combining specialist medical management, patient education, and coordination with primary care and surgical services across the region.
Who We Are
MD, FRCPC, DABOM
Dr. Michael Mindrum is an internal medicine specialist with a focused practice in obesity medicine, based in New Minas, Nova Scotia. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine (DABOM) and holds a Diploma in Counselling for Obesity Medicine. He provides specialist consultation and ongoing medical management for adults living with obesity, type 2 and type 1 diabetes, and related metabolic conditions.
His care is grounded in the Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines and the modern understanding of obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease. That means treating the underlying biology — with behaviour change, anti-obesity medication, and metabolic surgery where appropriate — and framing every plan around the patient’s own health, function, and goals rather than a number on the scale.
Beyond the clinic, Dr. Mindrum is committed to education and capacity-building: developing plain-language patient guides, a free online health course, and clinical resources that help family physicians and nurse practitioners care for their patients with confidence.
The Western Zone Obesity Network is a connected system of care taking shape across Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. It links primary care, chronic disease programs, dietitians, specialist medicine, and surgical services into a coordinated pathway — so patients move through assessment, medical therapy, and surgery without long detours or fragmented care.
The aim is straightforward: the right care, at the right time, in the right place — as close to home as possible.
When primary care, specialty medicine, and surgery work as a single network, patients spend less time waiting and more time getting better.
What Guides Us
We treat it with the same respect, evidence, and rigour as any other illness, free from stigma and blame.
Every recommendation follows the best available science and the Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Specialist-level metabolic care should be reachable from within the Valley — not only in distant city centres.
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Questions about the clinic, the network, or how to get involved? Reach out — we’re glad to help.