Metabolic Services for Children
To eat healthfully and manage your weight, especially as a child, teen
or young adult or as loved ones or family of such young people, means
you may need guidance, care and support from specialized health professionals
who can help you or your loved one live well while addressing specific
lifestyle, medical and health conditions.
Healthy Futures for Young People
That’s exactly why you want to work with the endocrinology experts
at OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and Oklahoma Children’s
Hospital OU Health. When you or your loved one participate in the Healthy
Futures program, you benefit from specialized endocrinology, diabetes,
weight management and metabolic services in a compassionate environment.
Through our family-centered approach to care, you or your loved one will
work with a multidisciplinary team to develop an evidence-based plan tailored
to your individual needs and designed to help your entire family adopt
and maintain long-term strategies for healthy living.
You and your family work with specialists from many different healthcare
fields who take a comprehensive view of your situation and offer specific
recommendations that fit your particular needs.
Referral Requirements
Ask your doctor or primary care physician – an important member of
your care team – for the referral required to enter the Healthy
Futures program at OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center. In addition
to physician referral, you or your child or adolescent must meet these
admission standards:
- Age between 2 and 18
- Body mass index (BMI) greater than the 99th percentile or greater than
the 95th percentile when another major health condition also exists
- Previous unsuccessful attempts, lasting a minimum of 3 months, by child
and primary care physician to control or decrease weight
- Parents/guardians willing to commit to the Healthy Futures program
What to Expect at Your Appointments
Allow about four hours for the first appointment with your OU Health care
team. Based on the needs of your child and family, follow-up visits typically
will be shorter.
Your multidisciplinary team – pediatrician, physical therapist, registered
dietitian, pediatric psychologist and others – will visit with you
and your child to complete a comprehensive medical exam, which helps identify
any underlying medical conditions, lifestyle risk factors for weight gain
and risk factors for chronic disease.
You and your child will receive personalized recommendations for healthy
diet and physical activity, and you’ll work with a pediatric psychologist
to set goals and reduce barriers to achieving healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Related Services for Healthy Futures
Rely on the experts at OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center for additional
services to help you care for conditions related to all types of diabetes.
Take advantage of:
- Pediatric weight management education for individuals, families, health
professionals and others
- Diagnostic services and specialty tests such as echocardiogram, ambulatory
blood pressure monitoring, oral glucose tolerance testing, sleep studies,
ultrasound and more
- Connections to healthy living resources in your community for ongoing nutrition
and physical activity support
- Research leading to innovative and improved methods for pediatric weight
management
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diabetes treatment for children at OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.