Healthy Weight Program Resources

Watch these videos for how to cook recipes developed by team members at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). 

The Healthy Weight Program is located at 3550 Market St. in Philadelphia. For your visit, there are several parking options.

View a list of exercise apps for physical activity that children can use at home.

http://foodfitphilly.org/

Food Fit Philly, part of Get Healthy Philly, works to reduce and prevent obesity and related chronic diseases.

http://www.phila.gov/health/chronicdisease/gethealthyphilly.html

Get Healthy Philly envisions a Philadelphia where all residents can live, work, learn, shop, worship and play in environments that promote healthy eating, active living, and a smoke-free existence.

http://www.phila.gov/parksandrecreation/Pages/default.aspx

Find programs and activities, such as camps, baseball leagues, and older adult services, and places to go that are both fun and keep you fit.

http://www.studentsrunphilly.org/

Students Run Philly Style is the only program in Philadelphia that offers marathon training to help youth succeed in life.

http://theenterprisecenter.com/

The Enterprise Center provides access to capital, building capacity, business education and economic development opportunities to high-potential, minority entrepreneurs.

http://thefoodtrust.org/

The Food Trust works to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food and information to make healthy decisions.

http://www.vetrifoundation.org/who-we-are/

The Vetri Foundation for Children works to help kids experience the connection between healthy eating and healthy living.

Resource Connects is a free website you can use to find community services and programs to support you, your child and family.

http://ChopChopfamily.org

The ChopChop Family's website provides information and featured recipes with instructions.

http://eatright.org/for-kids

Bring kids into the kitchen to learn lifelong cooking and food safety skills. 

http://media.chop.edu/data/files/pdfs/healthy-weight-healthyweight-pdf-nutrition-kitchen-complete-book.pdf

Find healthy versions of your favorite dishes or recipes that will take you on a trip around the world to taste new recipes and flavors.

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/bmi/calculator.html

This calculator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides BMI and the corresponding BMI-for-age percentile on a CDC BMI-for-age growth chart.

http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/

The CDC's website provides information about growth charts, which have been used by pediatricians, nurses and parents to track the growth of infants, children and adolescents.

http://www.healthychildren.org

HealthyChildren.org, from the AAP, provides general health information by age groups, information about healthy living, safety and prevention information and more.

https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/about

Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity.

http://philadelphiarunner.com/

It's Philadelphia’s premier running and walking specialty store committed to carrying the best running and walking equipment available.

http://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/

The Please Touch Museum is a nationally recognized children's museum offering family activities, hands-on fun for children 7 and younger, kids' birthday parties and more.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/about-wecan/index.htm

We Can! is a national movement designed to give parents, caregivers and entire communities a way to help children 8 to 13 stay at a healthy weight.

https://www.ymca.net/healthy-family-home

The YMCA supports families in their efforts to build the five pillars that support a healthy family home: eat healthy, play every day, get together, go outside and sleep well.