Weight Management

The New Hope Project is a multidisciplinary, medically supervised weight loss program for obese adolescent patients. Our team is comprised of a an outstanding group of physicians, nurses and allied health professionals from several departments, including Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Clinical Nutrition, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Nursing.

Our treatment philosophy is based on the knowledge that obesity is not only due to a lack of self-control in over eating. Scientific studies have demonstrated that obesity results from a combination of genetic influences and predisposing lifestyle patterns that may lead to serious medical problems (e.g., diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis). Therefore, our treatment programs are physician-monitored and designed to improve health through sustained weight loss based on reasonable long-term goals.