Weight Management at The Children's Hospital
Nutrition and Weight Management Programs for Kids and Teens Fight Obesity and Promote Healthy Living
The Children’s Hospital offers the region’s leading pediatric weight management programs. Each of the treatment options is aimed at meeting the needs of overweight and obese pediatric patients through a family-centered care approach. A primary goal of each clinic includes providing kids and families the opportunity to receive education and support in order to make life-long changes. The following descriptions will help you to understand each of the programs offered.
GoodLIFE Clinic - "Lifestyles Influencing Fitness and Eating"
The GoodLife Clinic provides a multidisciplinary treatment option for overweight and obese infants, toddlers, school-age children and adolescents. An individualized family-centered approach is initiated with every patient and family. The GoodLIFE team consists of a pediatrician, nurse, dietitian, therapeutic recreation specialist and behavioral specialist.
The multidisciplinary Metabolic Syndrome clinic provides evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents whose weight is associated with insulin resistance-related disorders. Care in this clinic is provided by a multidisciplinary team of pediatric endocrinologists, dietitians and diabetes nurse educators with a focus on healthy eating, physical activity and behavior changes. Direct referrals to sleep clinicians are also utilized.
The Children’s Hospital Heart Institute offers the SHAPEDOWN® clinic, a family approach to childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity taught by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals. The 10-week group participation clinic is the nation’s leading weight program for adolescents and children. The SHAPEDOWN® team consists of social workers trained in pediatrics or family systems, therapeutic recreation specialists and a registered dietitian.
Outpatient dietary counseling for weight management is available through the Department of Nutrition by registered dietitians. Private nutrition counseling is available at The Children’s Hospital main campus and through our Specialty Care Centers.
The Children's Hospital Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition leads the Rocky Mountain region in treating pediatric patients with intestinal, liver and pancreatic conditions, along with their related nutritional disorders. Our team of experts are highly skilled in all aspects of gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional disorders and educated in the most innovative diagnostic and therapeutic nutritional approaches for children with GI conditions.
