More than half of Massachusetts adults and one in seven children are too heavy for optimal health. MMS and its Committee on Nutrition and Physical Activity work to provide information for physicians and their patients on lifestyle, pharmacological, and surgical approaches to weight loss, as well as information about eating disorders.
Tools for the Physician's Office
Patient brochure (.pdf, 119 kb, 2 pages)
Includes tips to get started, exercise and diet suggestions, and a
BMI table 
Prescription pad for physical
activity (.pdf, 41 kb, 2 pages)
Healthy weight posters
(all .pdf, 1 page)
