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Learn more about the Cardiac Lifestyle Program.
Specialists at the Cardiac Lifestyle Program help patients lose weight and manage cardiac risk factors, including being overweight, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol.
Specialists in the Cardiac Lifestyle Program in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Corrigan Minehan Heart Center help patients who have metabolic syndrome reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease.
Metabolic syndrome refers to a group of risk factors that can increase a person’s likelihood of developing coronary artery disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. These risk factors include hypertension, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and overweight or obesity.
Our specialists help patients who are at risk for developing or already have developed these conditions to lose weight and manage other cardiac risk factors like hypertension and high cholesterol. Our goal is to provide an action plan plus the support needed to achieve a healthier weight and lifestyle.
Cardiac experts work with each patient’s primary care physician to coordinate treatment and provide a comprehensive personalized plan to improve heart health. This includes establishing a profile of risk and a developing a plan that recommends lifestyle changes, such as improved attention to food choices and nutrition, increased physical activity and stress reduction.
Following a comprehensive evaluation with a team physician and nutritionist a plan is developed that addresses how you can achieve a healthy weight. This evaluation includes:
Patients evaluated through the Cardiac Lifestyle Program may elect to participate in a unique 12-week program called Learn to Be Lean.
Learn to Be Lean helps patients learn to manage their lifestyle differently. We know that making changes in food choices and increasing exercise can be difficult and hard to maintain long term. Through our program, we help patients identify approaches to daily life that will help them succeed in achieving their health and weight loss goals.
The program meets on Friday afternoons. Six visits are held virtually via Zoom from 1 pm–2 pm and for six weeks the program is held in person from 1 pm–3 pm at the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Center. The program is inclusive of the following components:
Our physicians welcome second opinion appointments to review cases and proposed lines of treatment.
Facility along Cambridge Street will provide exceptional care, increased capacity and strengthen ties to West End and Beacon Hill neighborhoods.
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Learn more about the Cardiac Lifestyle Program.