The Duke Diet and Fitness Center (DFC) is among the most highly respected treatment centers in the world for individuals who are overweight or obese. The center's therapeutic residential weight management program helps people affected by excess weight and impaired physical fitness achieve better health through weight loss, physical conditioning, and improved self-care habits.

Comprehensive programs lasting one to four weeks or longer empower patients with education, experience, practical behavorial strategies, and ongoing support to make long-term changes.

Once attendees have completed their initial stay, the Center's weekly Lifestyle Coaching group telephone calls and online weight loss programs are included free of charge to all participants extends the experience indefinitely. Various options for returning to the center further reinforce this program as a lifelong approach to health.

The Millennium Hotel Durham has partnered with the Duke Diet and Fitness Center to provide accommodations for participants in the center's programs. Please visit www.dukehealth.org/services/diet_and_fitness for more information on the Duke Diet and Fitness Center programs.