Kelsey Seybold’s doctors and the Kelsey Research Foundation urge parents to help their children adopt healthy habits. Parents set the tone in a household by making healthy eating and regular exercise a rule as well as a practice. If you model healthy habits, your children will be more likely to follow your example. In fact, research shows that weight loss programs that involve the entire family are more successful than those that only involve the child. Here are some resources for the whole family:
Activity Pyramid
Children are curious about their body’s abilities and world around them, and it’s natural for them to want to move! One of the best ways we can care for our children is to engage this youthful energy into both structured and unstructured playtime everyday.
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers a variety of tips and health education topics.
BAM!
Body and Mind The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides tips for kids on how to stay true to themselves when faced with peer pressure.
EXCITE
The CDC encourages students to explore public health and epidemiology with this collection of teaching materials.
Help for Overweight Children and Teens
What can one parent do? Today's busy lifestyles encourage unhealthy behaviors, but Dr. Richard Byrd, Chief of Pediatrics at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, offers some suggestions for helping children eat less and exercise more.
MyPyramid for Kids Tools
A variety of graphic and educational tools are now available from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help children learn more about nutrition and physical activity. MyPyramid for Kids is a kid-friendly version of the MyPyramid health guidance system that offers age-specific nutrition and physical activity recommendations for adults.
Tips for Parents
The American Academy of Family Physicians offers some recommendations for promoting physical activity, good health and nutrition.
Weigh to Go Program
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic and the Kelsey Research Foundation are working together to get Houston's kids off on the right foot - literally. "Weigh to Go" is a physician-supervised weight management program, providing counseling regarding diet and physical activity.
Stop the Spread of Germs!
Want to learn more about the flu and how to stop the spread of germs in schools? Click on one of the links below:
FluInformation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
GermstopperStop the Spread of Germs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It's a Snap!Healthy Schools, Healthy People – It’s a SNAP (School Network for Absenteeism Prevention).
Your Kelsey-Seybold dietitians and pediatricians are available to counsel you and to help you set nutrition and physical activity goals. To schedule an appointment, please call our 24/7 Customer Contact Center at 713-442-0427.