HealthWorks! Frequent Questions
The goals of the HealthWorks! program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center are to help your child:
- Improve health status
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- Make healthier food choices
- Have a more physically active lifestyle
- Improve weight status
HealthWorks! provides answers to frequently asked questions.
Get answers to these questions:
- How do I know if my child is overweight?
- How many children and adolescents in the United States are classified as being overweight?
- Do overweight children and adolescents become obese adults?
- If a child or adolescent is overweight, are they more likely to have health problems?
- What causes a child or adolescent to be overweight?
- If adults in my family are overweight is my child going to be overweight?
Get answers to these questions:
- What can be done to help children and adolescents who are overweight?
- Does Cincinnati Children's have a program like this?
- Does this program use a specific diet?
- Is physical activity part of the program?
- How does my child get started?
- What takes place at the first appointment?
- What happens next during the initial phase of the program?
- What happens after you complete the initial phase?
- How much weight will my child lose?
