Center for Healthy Weight Overview

Comprehensive Programs to Prevent and Treat Childhood Obesity

The Center for Healthy Weight is a comprehensive program designed to prevent and treat overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. We provide children of any age or weight, their families and their communities with the resources, education, support and treatment to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
 
Center for Healthy Weight health care providers and researchers come from both Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Together, they address the different causes and effects of obesity and overweight in children and provide a wide range of services. The Center is organized around five core program areas:

1. State-of-the-Art Patient Care
   • Pediatric Weight Clinic - Outpatient clinic for pediatric weight control and obesity
   • Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program - A family-based, group weight control program for children and adolescents
   • Adolescent Bariatric Surgery - Surgery that alters the stomach and/or intestines to treat obesity
     
     
2. Cutting-Edge Research
   • Basic and Translational Science
   • Clinical Research and Clinical Trials
   • Prevention Science
   • Public Policy Research
     
     
3. Community Programs
   
   
4. Training and Professional Education
   
   
5. Advocating for Public Policy Change

Team

The Center for Healthy Weight team is dedicated to preventing obesity and helping children and families to stay healthy.

Contact Us

If you would like more information about the Center for Healthy Weight, please contact our program director at:

• (650) 723-4130
  healthyweight@lpch.org

Learn More

Please click the links below to learn more about the Center for Healthy Weight:

• The Childhood Obesity Epidemic in the United States
• Make a Gift
  If you would like to contribute to this program, please click the link above. Then, fill in “Center for Healthy Weight” in the “Where Would You Like Us to Apply Your Gift” designation box.
• In the News
• Research Seminars
• Quarterly Newsletters
• Speakers Network
• Read about a study on the health of overweight children conducted by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine.