
Academy of the Sierras is the first therapeutic boarding school in the country for obese and overweight adolescents. We offer both short- and long-term programs and your child can continue his or her academic curriculum while enrolled. The Diet and Activity Management Programs at Academy of the Sierras focus on immediate and dramatic weight loss, while the Educational and Therapeutic programs promote long-term behavioral change so the weight stays off for good. These critical changes in weight and activity levels improve mood and self-esteem, and also resolve health issues stemming from excess weight. This allows students to accelerate their academic progress and achieve their potential. Learn more >>
Therapeutic Summer Camps

Wellspring Camps are the first comprehensive summer weight loss treatment programs for overweight children and young adults. Wellspring's clinical weight loss program has been designed by leading researchers and clinicians to maximize long-term behavioral change, which will result in substantial and permanent weight loss. And it all happens at two incredibly fun summer camps. After a summer at Camp Wellspring or Wellspring Adventure Camp, young people return home feeling great about themselves, ready to change their lives. Plus, there's no better place to make new friends this summer!
Camp Wellspring is the best place for young women ages 15-23 to lose weight and change their lives this summer. Located on the 14,200-acre campus of Paul Smith's College on Lower St. Regis Lake, in the Adirondack Park of Northern New York State and set amid awe-inspiring mountains and lush forests, Camp Wellspring is a weight loss camp that provides state-of-the-art facilities for an unparalleled variety of activities.
Wellspring Adventure Camp is a fun, action-packed adventure camp where boys and girls ages 10-15 develop healthy habits, lose weight, and build confidence. Located in the great outdoors of the Blue Ridge and Great Balsam Mountains, close to Asheville, North Carolina, and near the Green and French Broad rivers, the weight loss camp offers instruction in adventure-based programs such as whitewater rafting and beginner rock climbing and rappelling. What an exciting way to lose weight, get in shape, and have a great time!