Access provider resources from the Center for Healthy Weight & Nutrition team.
Referrals: To refer a patient, complete the online Request an Appointment form or call (614) 722-4824.
ECHO Obesity provides a comprehensive approach to educating medical providers and other allied disciplines on ways to provide practical obesity management by utilizing a free, virtual network.
Using case-based discussion, didactics, and network conversation, our aim is to build clinicians’ knowledge base about multidisciplinary approaches to caring for obese and overweight children.
Criteria including assessment, diagnosis, risks, signs, and symptoms for patients who may be candidates for bariatric surgery.
Obesity has been increasing in the United States over the past 50 years. It disproportionately affects certain ethnic groups including Hispanic, black and Native American children.
Motivational interviewing is a style of counseling developed to identify and engage the patient’s intrinsic motivation for changing health-related behaviors. The technique takes practice, but it can be a very effective tool.
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The Healthy Kids Coalition of Central Ohio works to address, develop and influence policy recommendations, resolutions and practices that affect the overall health and well-being of central Ohio children ages 0 to 18.
