Services & Centers

Healthy Living for Kids & Families

Through their families, caregivers at school or childcare, and healthcare providers, children get the support they need to develop healthy eating and active living habits early in life. Presbyterian Children’s Care offers a Healthy Living for Kids and Families program, a six-month supportive option with a multidisciplinary team approach to lifestyle change. This program is designed to support children who struggle with excess weight and related health issues. Our care team meets with you and your child to identify lifestyle improvement goals together, offering solutions to help support nutrition, sleep, emotions and behavior, and medical or surgical concerns.

Our team offers support with reading and understanding nutrition labels, understanding how to eat more healthily or why kids might overeat, and how sleep and activity affect weight. We can also help connect your family into local community resources, such as free or reduced cost food programs, cooking classes, activity classes, and more.

Healthy Living Classes and Events

There are new and exciting opportunities for adults and kids to learn and take steps to feel better and achieve wellness, including cooking classes, fitness classes, gardening, and more. Check out Presbyterian Community Health’s growing selection of classes.

Conditions Treated

Weight-related health issues such as:

Dyslipidemia (high levels of fats or lipids in the bloodstream)
Hyperlipidemia, or high cholesterol
Documented type 2 diabetes mellitus
Pre-diabetes
Hypertension
Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome
Overweight, with body mass index (BMI) greater than 85% percentile for age and sex of children ages 5 and up
Overweight, with body mass index (BMI) greater than 85% percentile for age and sex of children ages 5 and up
Sleep apnea
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Sensory and eating issues, including those caused by autism, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or other neurodivergent conditions

Treatments / Tests Performed

Lab tests to confirm or rule out common medical conditions that could cause weight gain
Lifestyle counseling, including support for better sleep, basics of exercise and activity
Medication management
Nutrition education services
Psychological / behavioral health support
Support for better sleep
Referrals to pediatric dieticians and other pediatric specialists, when appropriate

Our Providers

Presbyterian’s healthy living specialists work closely with other members of our Children’s Care team to provide care for children and teenagers with blood disorders, immune deficiencies and cancers. Our multidisciplinary team includes physicians, pediatric nurses and advance practice clinicians, as well as nutritionists and social workers. This team can also provide extra support for your child’s health needs, including behavioral health services.

CLINICS & FACILITIES

Healthy Living for Kids & Families in Albuquerque at Presbyterian Hospital

Pediatrics Primary Care Pediatric Behavioral Health Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatric Surgery