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Center for Youth Wellness (Weight Management)
Many people benefit from support when trying to lead healthy and productive lives. The Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) offers fun and interactive wellness programs to support children and adolescents to become balanced, active, and mindful young people. In a unique group setting, 11- to 18-year-olds learn how a balanced lifestyle can lead to improved health, weight, and self-confidence. Younger children ages 2 to 10 and their parents benefit from individual and family nutrition counseling to assist in learning and practicing lifelong healthy habits. Caregivers and expectant parents can attend age-specific nutrition education workshops.
Our Team consists of compassionate and experienced specialists (physicians, behaviorists, registered dietitians). Our mission is to provide non-judgmental, enjoyable, affordable and effective multi-disciplinary preventative care and treatment to empower youth and families—within the hospital and community—to embrace healthful eating and physical activity habits. We promote eating balanced meals and snacks throughout the day without being overly restrictive. Each child or adolescent determines the specific dietary changes that are most relevant and important to him or her.
CYW's Unique Adolescent Weight Management Approach
The Center for Youth Wellness offers in-depth assessments, a 10-week structured group program for youth, education and support for parents, and open communication between clinicians and the adolescent’s primary care provider. The Center does not provide evaluations for surgical treatment of obesity in adolescents.
The CYW program has two parts—a comprehensive two-visit assessment and, for those eligible, a 10-week structured group program. The CYW Program page has more detailed information.
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Now in Lowell
& Boston
10-week teen programs now at the Greater Lowell Family YMCA on Wednesdays from 4:30-6:30 pm & the Wang YMCA of Chinatown on Fridays from 3:30-5:30 pm. To learn more,
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What Teens
are Saying
"This program was a great success. I was able to learn something that actually worked. I noticed that I was losing pounds. I was able to meet people with the same problem as me and we were able to help one another out. I'm glad I joined the program. I truly recommend it."-GNC |
Visit the Patient Testimonials page to hear
what other teens are saying!
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