Health Professionals Information
To prevent obesity it's important for children of all shapes and sizes to eat well, be active and have a positive body image and self-esteem.
Health Professionals such as physicians, nurses and dietitians play a key role in the prevention of childhood obesity.
Childhood Obesity Prevention Package
Peel Public Health has developed How Healthy Are Your Kids? — a childhood obesity prevention package to support health professionals.
This package includes:
- Copies of the How Healthy Are Your Kids? parent quiz. Quiz questions relate to the contributing factors to childhood obesity.
- A referral pad to direct patients to Peel Public Health services.
- A Resource Guide for Health Professionals outlining the local prevention/treatment programs and services available.
- References for Health Professionals, which provides guidelines and supporting evidence for the questions listed in the parent quiz.
Additional Supports
Obesity in children is already associated with numerous emotional and medical conditions.
You can make a difference and prevent obesity.
Health Professionals Information