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Lowell General Hospital Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery program helps siblings lose a combined 600 lbs.

Sticking to a New Year’s resolution can be hard. Nicole Taub, patient at Tufts MC Weight and Wellness Center, tells her story of how she changed her life through surgical weight loss on her journey to be healthier.

Gerry Ferretti, of Chelmsford, eats well and teaches exercise classes, but for years she struggled to reach her weight goals and wrestled with stomach issues.

Tufts Medical Center's Weight and Wellness patient describes her weight loss journey.

Meet Delaynee Lopez. A weight loss surgery patient who has lost 63 pounds in 6 months post op.

Lowell General Hospital is proud to be recognized with a Blue Distinction® Centers+ for Bariatric Surgery designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show a commitment to delivering high-quality patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community and leading accreditation and quality organizations.

Health services leader Optum named Lowell General Hospital’s Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery a Resource Services Center of Excellence (COE) for providing cost-effective, quality health care to patients receiving bariatric surgery and other related services that address the long-term health risks associated with morbid obesity.

Health services leader Optum has named Lowell General Hospital’s Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery a Resource Services Center of Excellence (COE) for providing cost-effective, quality health care to patients receiving bariatric surgery and other related services that address the long-term health risks associated with morbid obesity.

At 5-foot-8 and 295 pounds, Scott Strainge knew his weight was a contributing factor to his health issues. He was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes eight years ago, which eventually progressed to a point where he needed seven different medications a day to keep his blood sugar and blood pressure under control.

After hitting rock bottom, Ollie was ready for his journey with weight loss at the Weight and Wellness Center at Tufts Medical Center.

Growing up, Curtis Challenger got used to being “big-boned” and the “cute chubby kid.”

Julia's time as an athlete taught her to never give up + that she didn't like to lose. Julia put those feelings to action when she came to the Weight + Wellness Center at Tufts Medical Center for weight loss surgery.

Jabarah Harley always struggled with weight management but when the number on the scale changed, she saught out the help of the Tufts Medical Center Weight + Wellness Center team.

Deb was in love with sugar. She decided to cleanse her body of sugar with the help of the Weight + Wellness Center at Tufts Medical Center. Read her story.

Tufts Medical Center's Weight + Wellness patient describes his journey to stop his diabetes and lose weight.