Programs and Resources
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BMI Calculator
Nationwide Children’s is urging all parents to know their child’s BMI, or body mass index. BMI calculates how much body fat a person has based on age, sex, height and weight. Besides highlighting the risk for serious medical conditions, BMI is a good indicator of whether or not a child will grow into an overweight adult. Once parents determine their child’s BMI, they should discuss it with their pediatrician.
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Hidden Risks of Pediatric Obesity Articles
Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition
At the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition, we offer families a comprehensive approach to weight management. The Center has programs for both the prevention and treatment of overweight children.
Resources for Managing Pediatric Obesity
For Parents
We have compiled a variety of helpful resources for parents including Columbus Parent Magazine articles, handouts to help manage obesity in English and en Espanol and more.
For Physicians
Learn more about the management of treating obesity in pediatric patients. We provide helpful tools including a pocket guide, Grand Rounds video presentation and much more. New informational handouts for parents and families are available.
News from the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition
Getting Fit: the MetStudy
Is your child overweight or has your child’s doctor discussed using Metformin to help control weight gain? The Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition is offering an opportunity for patients to participate in a pilot study to investigate how children respond to a weight management program that includes a medication. For Health Care Providers: Learn more about our Getting Fit: the MetStudy.
Healthy Choices for Healthy Children
On June 18, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland signed the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children legislation in the main lobby of Nationwide Children’s. The bill will improve the nutritional value of foods offered during the school day, raise the bar for physical education, and provide for Body Mass Index (BMI) screenings upon school entry and in the 3rd, 5th and 9th grades. Learn more about Governor Strickland's visit and watch our video of the day's events.
Research Article: Heavy Hearted
Read Extreme Obesity is Speeding Up the Aging Process of Kids’ Hearts from the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of reSearch Magazine, a publication of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's.
Gastric Sleeve Surgery Now Offered
The newest surgical weight loss procedure offered by the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition is the "gastric sleeve," named as such because a large part of the stomach is removed and the remainder is closed to make a tube-like "sleeve."
Gastric Sleeve Surgery: Patient Story
Meet Amber, one of the first patients to undergo Gastric Sleeve surgery at Nationwide Children’s, and hear how she’s doing 2 months later.
Studying Childhood Obesity and Maternal-Child Feeding
Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS, Associate Director of the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition, has been awarded a pilot project for community engagement research. Learn how Dr. Eneli is studying the dynamics of feeding to better understand the prevalence of childhood obesity.
"Children's on Quality" Examines Childhood Obesity
Robert Murray, MD, director of the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Judy Groner, MD, a member of the Section of Ambulatory Pediatrics speak with "Children's on Quality" regarding the epidemic of childhood obesity.
Read the Children's on Quality blog and listen to the podcast.
Taking Food Allergies Back to School
Confronting increasing fears of allergies in the classroom
Read the Therapy Times article written by Robert Murray, MD and Jan Ritter, RD, LD
Nationwide Children's Joins Study for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
Nationwide Children's is one of five institutions to join a clinical research study to understand the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents. This observational study called Teen-LABS (Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery) is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Megan's Story
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A Time to Celebrate Diagnosed with extreme obesity, 14-year-old Megan Muncy has undergone weight management surgery and is enrolled in the Center for Healthy Weight & Nutrition. |
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Read about Megan before and after her weight management surgery.
