NEW PROGRAM EDUCATES PARENTS OF OVERWEIGHT KIDS
AT-RISK FOR DIABETES AGES 4 – 8 ABOUT HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s “Weigh of Life - KIDS!” Program
For parents of children ages 4 - 8
Every Thursday; August 7 - 21, 2003; 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Driscoll Children’s Hospital l Corpus Christi, TX
$15 (3-week session)

Pre-registration is required. Call (361) 694-4574 for more information

(Corpus Christi, TX) Statistics show that one in four children in Nueces County is overweight over the 90th percentile weight for length, and at risk for other health related issues including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes. In an effort to change this startling trend, Driscoll Children’s Hospital along with its Food and Nutrition Department and Diabetes and Endocrine Program created, Weigh of Life - KIDS!, a 3-week program for parents of children ages 4 to 8 designed to educate about healthy nutrition and lifestyles which they can then in turn take home and implement.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Good nutrition
• Appropriate portion sizes
• Meal and snack ideas
• Behavioral Changes
• Proper fitness

“This program will focus on the parent,” says Dr. Stephen Ponder, pediatric endocrinologist and Director of the Diabetes and Endocrine Center of South Texas at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. “We had to do this because of the sheer overwhelming number of patients with type 2 diabetes. The younger we start, then we stand the chance of preventing a lot of problems in the future.”

Open to anyone, cost of the 3-week course is $15.

About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

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