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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

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Dr. Monique Tello is a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, director of research and academic affairs for the MGH DGM Healthy Lifestyle Program, clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, and author of the evidence-based lifestyle change guide Healthy Habits for Your Heart. She completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency training program at Yale/New Haven Hospital. After residency, she earned a master’s in public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and fellowship in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is half Latina, speaks Spanish, and maintains a close relationship with her extended family in Guatemala. She is married to local sports broadcaster Bob Socci, and they have two young children, one with autism. She writes a popular blog, www.DrMoniqueTello.com, about achieving balance, health, and wellness from the perspective of doctor and mother.

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Healthy, wholesome easy lunches

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

5 tips for the farmers market

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

What’s a healthy breakfast?

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

What's a healthy breakfast?

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Barbecue better for Labor Day

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Home cooking: Healthy family meals

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Home cooking: Good for your health

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Depression: Common medication side effect?

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Staying Healthy

Healthy lifestyle: 5 keys to a longer life

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Exercise as part of cancer treatment

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Exercise & Fitness

Obesity is complicated — and so is treating it

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Can dark chocolate improve vision?

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Screening mammograms: One recommendation may not fit all

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Which diet is best for long-term weight loss?

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Rethinking A1c goals for type 2 diabetes

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Opioids in the household: “Sharing” pain pills is too common

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Diet and depression

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Calcium, vitamin D, and fractures (oh my!)

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Expert advice on how to quit smoking

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Nutrition

A doctor’s recipe for a healthy breakfast

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Monique Tello, MD, MPH

Intensive lifestyle change: It works, and it's more than diet and exercise

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Exercise & Fitness

Mind over matter? How fit you think you are versus actual fitness

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Exercise & Fitness

Exercise today, look better tomorrow (really)

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Exercise & Fitness

Lifestyle change: “I know what to do, I just need to do it…but how?”

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