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Healthy Weight and Your Child

Healthy Weight and Your Child is a weight-management program that focuses on healthy eating, physical activity and behavior change to empower children and families to live healthier and more active lifestyles.

Evidence demonstrates that child weight-management programs are more effective when the whole family is involved and committed to adopting healthier habits. 

Families registered for this program will work with trained leaders. During this time, children and an adult caregiver will learn about topics, including:

  • Healthy eating
  • Physical activity
  • Portion control
  • Internal and external triggers
  • Food label reading
  • Goal setting and rewards

Sessions

Healthy Weight and Your Child is a 15-week program that meets twice a week for ten weeks and once a week for five weeks. Each session is two hours.

Every class focuses on nutrition education and opportunities for family-based physical activity. .

Qualifications

Children must be between the ages of 7 - 13 and have a body mass index of the 95th percentile or higher.

An adult caregiver must attend each session with their participating child. 

Interested in Healthy Weight and Your Child?

If you meet the qualifications listed above, please complete the interest form below and submit this referral form to your doctor

You must purchase a Y membership to participate in all Y Health programs. 

Y Health Program Interest Form

Please enter your information below. The YMCA will email you with information about future programs and registration instructions. 

By submitting this form, you are not registering for a Y Health program or membership. 

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