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7 Ways to Help Your Child Manage Obesity at Home
If your child is living with overweight or obesity, it increases their risk of developing long-term health complications Follow these simple tips.
Pediatric Healthy Weight Clinic
Our CDC-recognized Healthy Weight Clinic is designed to help children achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
Our Healthy Weight Clinic is 1 of 5 in the country recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it was developed in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The CDC offers a calculator that reports BMI, BMI percentile and BMI category for children and teens ages 2 through 19.
Child and Teen BMI Calculator
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This Family Healthy Weight Program (FHWP) delivers intensive health behavior lifestyle treatment (IHBLT) for children and adolescents living with overweight or obesity, consistent with AAP guidelines.
Our clinic is designed to help children achieve and maintain a healthy weight. This lifestyle intervention treatment is intensive—requiring a commitment of about 26 hours per week for three to 12 months.
Children ages 2-18 with a BMI at or above the 85th percentile who are being evaluated and managed through our Center for Pediatric Obesity are eligible to enroll.
Through our Healthy Weight Clinic and our related centers and programs, we offer comprehensive care for all pediatric weight management and related issues.
Healthy Weight Clinic: Why choose Henry Ford Pediatrics?
- Expert team: You and your child will meet with a special team composed of a hepatologist, gastroenterologist, dietitian and psychologist to address all aspects of obesity, such as nutrition, exercise, genetic factors and mental health.
- Family-focused approach: We emphasize the importance of involving the entire family in the process of healthy weight management.
- Intensive treatment: This 12-month program includes regular individual visits with a Henry Ford Health multidisciplinary clinical care team, telephone check-ins and group sessions with other families providing peer support and education.
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Education and support: When a child or adolescent is living with obesity it can be an ongoing process. Before, during and after treatment, we provide you and your family with effective tools and resources that you can use at home. Personalized support: You and your child receive tailored support, including medical management of obesity-related comorbid conditions, such as sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes and any other chronic conditions such as asthma and ADHD. Quality of life: Healthy Weight Clinic participation has been shown to reduce BMI, parental stress and binge eating symptoms, and improve quality of life for patients and their families. Innovation: Clinical trials and other research studies help to define the next gold standard of pediatric care, and our team is at the forefront of research. Kids living with childhood obesity is one of our core focus areas. Your child may be able to participate in research and access the latest care methods through our science and learning.
Looking for a second opinion?
If you are receiving services from a community provider, we welcome the opportunity to take part in your child’s care. Offerings include second opinions to confirm a diagnosis or review treatment options. We see new patients promptly, especially when there is an urgent concern.