Wellspring Academies are among the world's most effective programs for weight loss. Designed for children, teens, and young adults ages 11-24, students at our Academies demonstrate among the best documented outcomes of any non-surgical weight loss program for any age group.

Students at Wellspring Academies (formerly Academy of the Sierras) learn and live the Wellspring Plan, a proven scientific approach to weight loss. Wellspring promotes a healthy lifestyle with simple, scientific, and sustainable behavioral changes:

     Eat a low-fat diet

     Take 10,000 steps per day

     Self-monitor food and activity

At our campuses in California and the Carolinas, Wellspring Academies have helped hundreds of students combat childhood obesity by transforming their bodies and lives.