* Renal dysfunction: also known as renal insufficiency or renal failure; assessed by self-report
* Heart failure: also known as congestive heart disease or chronic heart failure; assessed by self-report
* Functional disability: defined as any long-term activity limitation due to disease or injury; assessed by self-report
* Liver dysfunction: also known as liver failure, acute or chronic; assessed by self-report
* Uncontrolled Resistant Hypertension: defined as blood pressure remaining above the threshold despite lifestyle modifications and concurrent use of at least three antihypertensive medications from different classes with one being a diuretic10-11assessed by self-report
* Pregnant women
* Uncontrolled Hypothyroidism \* Pregnant women are excluded because it would be almost impossible to find any reduction in pregnant women weight and that will show a negative impact of HCC intervention on weight reduction. Therefore, inclusion of pregnant women could be a confounding factor to the study.
