Duke Children's Healthy Lifestyles North Durham
Doctor
Why pick this one
Duke Children's Healthy Lifestyles North Durham provides multidisciplinary weight management for children and teens with BMI at or above the 95th percentile.
Best for
- Children and teens with BMI at or above the 95th percentile
- Families seeking coordinated nutrition, exercise, behavioral, and pediatric care
- Children needing long-term healthy lifestyle support
- Adolescents age 14 and older being evaluated for weight loss surgery
- Families wanting access to Bull City Fit activities and peer support
Look elsewhere if
- Adults seeking weight management
- Children whose BMI does not meet the program's stated 95th-percentile threshold
- Patients needing emergency medical care
Specialties
- childhood obesity treatment
- pediatric weight management
- adolescent weight management
- bariatric surgery evaluation for adolescents age 14 and older
What makes them different
- Multidisciplinary team includes pediatricians, dietitians, physical therapists, and behavioral specialists
- Program is designed for children and teens whose BMI is at or above the 95th percentile for their age
- Families receive a one-year membership to Bull City Fit
- Clinic offers appointments Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Treatment plans may include medication, medically supervised eating plans, and adolescent weight loss surgery evaluation
- Serves
- Durham
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 3116 N Duke St, Durham, NC 27704
- Phone
- 9196205356
- Website
- https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-child...
Services
- comprehensive weight management
- dietary counseling
- mental health counseling
- activity counseling
- medication-based weight management
- medically supervised eating plans
- weight loss surgery evaluation