We're grateful to those who have helped successfully build, refine, and implement the Healthy Weight Clinic (HWC). Please see the information below regarding the currently recognized HWC sites and those who have contributed to the development of this program.

Recognized Healthy Weight Clinics

The following sites have successfully completed the HWC training and quality improvement collaborative and are operating HWC clinics at their sites:

California

  • Sutter Health, Healthy Kids Clinic

Massachusetts

  • Holyoke Health Center
  • Mass General Brigham for Children
  • MGH Chelsea Community Health Center
  • MGH Everett Family Care
  • MGH Pediatric Group Practice
  • MGH Revere Community Health Center 

Michigan

  • Henry Ford Health Pediatrics

Mississippi

  • Delta Health Center
  • Holmes County Family Healthy Weight Program

New Hampshire

  • Southern New Hampshire Pediatric Healthy Weight and Wellness

New Jersey

  • KidsFit

Utah

  • Utah Valley Pediatrics – Provo, Healthy Weight Clinic

*These sites are currently implementing an adapted model which also addresses asthma.

HWC Principle Investigator and Inventor

We would like to thank the following individuals who were pivotal to the successful development of the Healthy Weight Clinic:

Lauren Fiechtner, MD, MPH

Director of Nutrition, Division of Gastroenterology and General Academic Pediatrics, Mass General for Children 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Senior Health and Research Advisor, Greater Boston Food Bank 

Supported by the Mass General for Children Research Team.

HWC Key Implementers

Holyoke Health Center

Holyoke, MA 
Vinny Biggs, MD, FAAP
Sallie Czepiel, RD, LDN
Ana Jaramillo, Community Health Specialist

Delta Health Center

Mound Bayou, MS 
Braveen Ragunanthan, MD, MPH, FAAP

Last Updated

03/17/2026

Source

American Academy of Pediatrics