The Women and Children’s Ambulatory Clinics at Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness (PMC) wish to highlight the Paediatric Healthy Lifestyle’s Clinic:
“Rising rates of obesity are a significant public health concern in Canada and across the world. In Canada, almost two in three adults and one in three children and youth are overweight or living with obesity with even higher rates in marginalized and equity-seeking populations. Obesity greatly increases the risk for several chronic diseases such as diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.” The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, P.C., M.P.
The Paediatric Lifestyle Clinic presents sufferers the chance to enroll in a two-year journey specializing in wholesome life-style adjustments associated to eating regimen, exercise, and psychosocial points. The multidisciplinary crew consists of doctor, registered nurse, registered dietician, kinesiologist and registered social employee. This multifaceted program includes month-to-month alternating visits with every of the medical crew members, in addition to group workshops specializing in self worth and bullying, grocery excursions for the household, snack baking workings within the kitchen and weekly exercise nights all through the college yr at an area fitness center. This clinic is meant to focus on methods to advertise and implement wholesome life-style decisions into every day residing.
Healthy Lifestyle Clinic Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients between the ages of 5 and 17 years of age
- Patients with a BMI larger than the 97th percentile
- Patients with BMI larger than 85th percentile with any of the next co-morbidities:
- Patients recognized with hypertension with potential relation to weight.
- Patients recognized with NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver illness)
- Patients with weight problems and obstructive sleep apnea
- Patients with psychological well being points associated to weight problems.
- At threat for diabetes (A1C above 5.7%)
- Patients recognized with dyslipidemia.
- Physician referral solely together with Pediatricians, Nurse Practitioners and Family Physicians.
- Within the Central-West LHIN catchment space.
- Must have the cognitive capacity to take part in group actions.
Healthy Lifestyle Exclusion Criteria:
- Outside of the inclusion age vary.
- Eating dysfunction sufferers.
Referral Forms for this significant and impactful program can be found on William Osler Health System’s website below the “For Professional” and coming into “Healthy Lifestyle” within the “Find a Service” area. Completed types could be faxed to: (905) 863-2468.