The Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity (NCCO) was formed in 2008 to help address the global epidemic of obesity and to serve as an intellectual focus and home for obesity related programs throughout Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, and our clinical partners (Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH), the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation (NMFF).

NCCO FACULTY

Affiliated Faculty

NCCO Clinical Programs

Center for Lifestyle Medicine
Our highly skilled interdisciplinary team includes physicians in various specialties, psychologists, nurses, dietitians, exercise specialists, and others who can help you achieve and maintain a healthier lifestyle.

The Center for Lifestyle Medicine is located on the 17th floor of the Galter Pavilion, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, 675 N. St. Clair, Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: 312-695-2300.   

Pregnancy Program
"Healthy for You, Healthy for 2" will focus on patient lifestyle management for overweight, pregnant women. NCCO faculty member, Lisa Neff MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine heads the project. For more information contact 312-695-2300

Focus on NCCO Faculty Research

Dr. Alan Peaceman, MD
Dr. Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD

Maternal-Offspring Metabolics: Family Intervention Trial (MOMFIT):
This NIH funded study will advance understanding of the effectiveness of behavioral interventions aimed at controlling gestational weight gain in a large population of ethnically diverse overweight/ obese women. Whether changes in diet and physical activity can effectively and safely be implemented during pregnancy and sustained postpartum will be explored. The further impact of the adiposity and growth of the offspring will be evaluated. 

To learn more about the MOMFIT trial and other NCCO Faculty research.  Please follow this link.

Spotlight NCCO Faculty Dr. Robert Kushner, Director, Center for Lifestyle Medicine Take a 10 minute online survey to help in Dr. Kushner's research looking at Lifestyle Patterns. Lifestyle Patterns Survey  Clinical Programs

Cores Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core Offers specific tests to measure fat mass, food intake, energy expenditure and activity, and perform assessment of insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. Contact: rmpc@northwestern.edu Metabolic Hormone Core Offers specific services including radioimmunoassays and endocrine assays; luminex applications and lipid and glucose chemical analyses. Contact:basslab@northwestern.edu

New and Events Chicago Tribune Health, January 2012 Secrets of weight loss are simple but not magic. To learn more about current news in obesity and its complications, click here.

 Studies Currently Recruiting

1.  Research Volunteers Needed for a 
WEIGHT LOSS DIET STUDY
At Northwestern University

You may be eligible if you are:
·      Overweight
·      Nonsmoking
·      A man or postmenopausal woman
 18-65 years old

Call (312) 503-2269 or email
  d-zeiss@Northwestern.edu for more information

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