Programs + Services
The Division of Clinical Nutrition at Tufts Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient nutritional services.
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The Weight and Wellness Center at Tufts Medical Center offers a top weight loss program that includes surgical and medical weight loss options to patients.
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The Diabetes Center in downtown Boston provides a full range of services for the diagnosis and management of diabetes and its complications with an emphasis on prevention.
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Tufts Medical Center’s medical weight loss program includes nutritional and lifestyle advice in order to help you with your long-term weight loss goals.
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Our minimally invasive surgical options for weight loss surgery include gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and gastric band surgery. Learn more and book an appointment today.
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Research + Clinical Trials
We're doing a study to see how belly fat affects blood vessels in men and women. We want to find out if there are any differences and how this affects heart health. This will help us come up with better ways to prevent and treat heart disease.
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Obesity is a chronic, debilitating, multi-factorial disease that has reached worldwide pandemic proportions. The prevalence of obesity has tripled since the 1980s in many countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) European region. The WHO estimates that by 2015, 2.3 billion people will be overweight and over 700 million will be obese. Furthermore, the movement of people into the obese category (Body Mass Index (BMI) > 30) continues to increase by 1% of the population per year2, and the prevalence of the Class III obesity has almost doubled over the last twenty years with an estimated prevalence of 4.7% in 1999-2000 and 9.2% in 2017-2018%.Significant evidence indicates that successful treatment of obesity results in a reduced incidence of co-morbid diseases. Specifically, a 5-10% total weight loss can significantly reduce or prevent coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases in obese individuals. A combination of calorie restricted diet, regular physical activity, and behavioral modification with or without pharmacotherapy has been utilized to treat obesity; however, a significant weight loss of 10 to 15% is rarely achieved or sustained9. For morbid obesity, bariatric surgery is the only treatment option with sustainable weight loss. However, some patients with moderately increased BMI do not qualify for bariatric surgery or prefer less invasive treatment modalities. In these patients, an intragastric balloon (IGB) can help them adhere to lifestyle modification, preventing the need for bariatric surgery. IGB treatment, in addition to lifestyle modification, has been shown to be an effective short-term modality for weight loss.
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The aim of this study is to improve the metabolic health of overweight and obese women prior to a planned pregnancy.
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