The Foresight report on trends and drivers of obesity has been published today. It certainly gives politicians and individuals food for thought on the increasing number of overweight people in the UK.
The report touches on the important role of energy balance and the need to enable people to make the right lifestyle choices. We know that this subject is not always easy for families and children. Indeed many people do not know where to turn for help. We offer support to worried parents by holding parent only sessions when we will explore the family lifestyle as well as direct sessions with the child and family.
At the Children's Weight Clinic we use behavioural change techniques to both motivate and encourage the whole family to make positive lifestyle changes in diet and physical activity levels that will promote weight management. We believe that families and children should not be told what to do or not to do - but be helped and guided towards taking lifelong responsibility for their lifestyle choices.
We use a traffic light healthy diet scheme which allows children and their families to appreciate high energy foods they may be eating and to take responsibility to restrict them.
We encourage at least 1 hour of hot and sweaty physical activity per day and reducing watching the TV/playing on computer, etc to less than 2 hours per day.
The Children's Weight Clinic
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