Location of Care
About Healthy Futures
Our Mission
The Healthy Futures team is dedicated to offering children and families effective care in a compassionate environment. Our program provides children and adolescents specialized services and resources to assist them in achieving a healthier lifestyle through a family-centered approach. Our program is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary intervention designed to help the entire family adopt and maintain a healthier lifestyle.
Referral Criteria
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Child is between the ages of 2 and 18.
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Child has a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than the 99th percentile, or greater than the 95th with an existing comorbidity.
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Parents/guardians are willing to commit to the Healthy Futures program.
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Previous attempts (for a minimum of 3 months) to control or decrease weight by patient and primary care physician have been unsuccessful.
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Child must have a primary care physician referral.
What to Expect at an Appointment
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Initial multidisciplinary clinic appointments will typically take about 4 hours to complete. Follow up visits will be shorter in duration and based on individual patient and family needs.
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Each patient will be seen by our pediatrician, physical therapist, registered dietitian, and pediatric psychologist.
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Patients will receive a comprehensive medical exam that will identify any underlying medical causes and lifestyle risk factors of weight gain, as well as, risk factors for chronic disease.
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Patients will receive personalized dietary and physical activity recommendations.
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Patients will work with a pediatric psychologist to set goals and decrease barriers associated with healthy lifestyle behaviors.
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At Healthy Futures we provide family centered care and work in close cooperation with the patient’s referring physician.
Other Services We Offer
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Diagnostic services such as echocardiograms, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, oral glucose tolerance testing for diabetes, sleep studies, ultrasounds and other specialty tests.
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Education for health professionals, families, patients and others on pediatric weight management.
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Connecting families with healthy living resources in their community for ongoing nutrition and physical activity support.
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Research that leads to innovative and improved pediatric weight management