Healthy Weight And Your Child
Do you have a child who is carrying excess weight? Would you like support to help you and your child make healthy lifestyle changes?
Through the YMCA's Evidence Based Healthy Weight & Your Child Program, you will meet others who share similar challenges. This program offers guidance with making lifestyle changes to help you and your child develop awareness, improve healthy eating, and discover fun ways to get more active.
This program is cost-efficient and effective in reducing a child’s body mass index, weight circumference, and sedentary behaviors and increasing physical activity and improving self-esteem.
This is a 15-week program. Classes are 2 hours long and meet twice a week for the first 10 weeks and then once a week for 5 weeks. We require families to attend an information session, or contact us to first see if their child qualifies for this program before registering.
Upcoming Sessions
Virtual & In Person Classes
Required Information Session
Families will need to contact our Program Coordinator to schedule a time for caregiver and child to meet before beginning the program. Families will meet program leaders, learn more about how the program works, and we will collect the child's height and weight for baseline data. For enrollment, caregivers will need to complete and sign the enrollment forms during the Information Session at the nearest location (see locations below).To Qualify
- Child must be 7-13 years old
- Child must carry excess weight, with a body mass index of the 95th percentile or higher
- Child must receive clearance from a healthcare provider or school nurse to participate in physical activity
- Adult MUST attend all sessions with child
Register
Complete the interest form linked below, and the program director will contact you.
Contact
910-251-8196 x273
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