The Nutrition and Wellness Program, provided by the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (AHC), offers teens comprehensive medical, nutritional, and mental health services to those young people concerned about eating disorders, obesity, overweightness, and/or problems with high cholesterol.

Within the AHC, there are a number of special programs specially targeted at teens and eating issues, including:

• The Eating Disorder Program—provides medical, nutritional and mental health assessment and treatment for those adolescents with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, female athlete triad, binge eating disorder and other types of disordered eating patterns.
• Medical evaluation—offers a comprehensive medical evaluation, including physical exam and laboratory tests.
• Nutritional evaluation—a registered dietitian offers assessments of individual patients’ diets, diet plans, as well as individual and group dietary counseling and nutrition education.
• Mental health evaluation—Evaluation and ongoing mental health treatment is provided by a certified social worker, with consultation by an attending psychiatrist.
• Weight Management Program—The AHC’s Weight Management Program provides medical and nutritional assessment for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of pediatric and adolescent obesity/overweight and high cholesterol.
• Medical evaluation—includes a complete physical exam with emphasis on medical problems due to overweightness or high cholesterol, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and respiratory and orthopedic problems.
• Nutritional evaluation—includes assessment of diet, diet plans, individual and group dietary counseling, behavior modification and nutrition education offered by a registered dietitian.
• Exercise groups—Groups are now forming which emphasize strength training, flexibility and aerobic capacity.
• Mental health services—also available for participants of AHC’s cardiovascular health program.