The Duke Diet & Fitness Center (DFC) is among the most highly respected treatment centers in the world for individuals who are overweight or obese.

Our 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.

Watch videos about DFC featuring Howard Eisenson, MD, and Martin Binks, PhD.

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

After completing your stay, our weekly Lifestyle Coaching group telephone calls and online weight loss program that are included free of charge to all participants extend the experience indefinitely. Our various options for returning to the center further reinforce this program as a lifelong approach to health.

Experts on Staff to Help You

Our staff includes physicians, nurse practitioners, other medical personnel, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, registered dietitians, diabetes educators, behavioral specialists, health coaches, and clinical psychologists. These experts specialize in thorough patient assessment and in careful monitoring of progress.

The multidisciplinary treatment team collaborates with each other, and with their patients to develop individualized treatment plans that address multiple medical problems commonly associated with obesity and inactivity, including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, and breathing disorders.

We have also partnered with the Frederick R. Cobb Non-Invasive Vascular Research Laboratory, which offers a simple, painless, and cutting-edge assessment of your arterial health to help your physician determine optimal care for you. Visit dukeexechealth.org or talk to your physicians for more details.

Sensible Weight Management

The Duke Diet & Fitness Center (DFC) takes a sensible approach to weight management. The positive lifestyle changes our clients adopt reduce unhealthy body weight, increase physical fitness, and improve overall quality of life.

Learn about our multicomponent approach.

Learn More about DFC

To speak to an admissions coordinator, call 1-800-235-3853 or use our online contact form. 

Additional Duke Health & Wellness Options

To explore other Duke Health and Wellness options, contact our Duke Health Navigator at 919-660-6697, or send an e-mail to healthnavigator@duke.edu.