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 Living for Young People
That’s exactly why you want to work with the pediatric weight management
experts at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health and the Schusterman
Clinic in Tulsa. When you and your child participate in healthy living
programs available to you at OU Health, your family will benefit from
specialized weight management services in a compassionate environment.
Through our family-centered approach to care, you or your child will work
with a multidisciplinary team to develop an evidence-based plan tailored
to your child's individual needs and designed to help your entire family
adopt and maintain long-term strategies for healthy living.
You and your child will work with specialists from many different healthcare
fields who take a comprehensive view of your situation and offer specific
recommendations that fit your family's particular needs.
Develop Healthy Habits for Life
You’ll benefit from a comprehensive approach to healthy living that
addresses various factors that may contribute to childhood obesity. You
and your family are supported physically, mentally and emotionally as
you develop habits to set your child up for a lifetime of healthy living.
Rely on your weight management team at OU Health – with locations
in Oklahoma City and Tulsa – throughout every stage of your journey.
Healthy Futures Program in Oklahoma City
Take advantage of the weight management experts available to you through
the Healthy Futures Program. You’ll gain access to the resources,
information and tools you need to create a healthy lifestyle for your
child and family. 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.
Early Lifestyle Intervention Program (ELI) in Tulsa
In addition to the wide range of weight management services available to
you through the ELI program, you benefit from a partnership with the Tandy
YMCA and gain access to free guest passes, reduced cost memberships and
cooking classes.
You can take advantage of emerging weight management services available
to you through the ELI’s participation in the Pediatric Obesity
Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER), a collaborative effort of youth weight
management clinics across the United States. If necessary, experts from
the Schusterman bariatric program will be included in the treatment.
Referral Requirements
Ask your doctor or primary care physician – an important member of
your care team – for the referral required to enter the weight management
program at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health. 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) in the 95th percentile or above for age
Experience comorbidities (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep
apnea, hypercholesterolemia, behavioral issues) because of unhealthy weight
Parents/guardians willing to commit to the weight management program
Previous weight management provided by primary care physician, dietician,
or specialist for at least 3 months
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, registered dietitian,
pediatric psychologist, physical therapist, and sleep medicine physician
– will visit with you and your child to complete a comprehensive
evaluation, 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 behaviors
to improve your child's health. The team will work to set goals and reduce
barriers to achieving healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Request an AppointmentRequest an appointment with a weight management specialist today to take
steps toward a lifetime of healthy living
Rely on the experts at OU Health for additional services to help you care
for conditions related to weight management as well as 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 and communication and collaboration with other weight management
programs across the United States
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