November 1, 2021
Listen at: letstalkaboutobesitycare.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts
Dr. Carrie Gordon will be hosting experts on a wide variety of topics on best practice for caring for children and adults who carry extra weight.
Current topics include:
- Testing the Waters with Anti-Obesity Medications in your Pediatric Primary Care Clinic
- Food Insecurity and its Connection to Health and Care
- Physical Activity and Physical Literacy: Putting Movement into Your Practice
- Working with Patients with Selective Eating Challenges
A new topic will be added monthly.
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About Let’s Go!Let’s Go! is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program that reaches children and families where they live, learn, work and play. Let’s Go! is committed to promoting policy and environmental changes at child care programs, schools, out-of-school programs, health care practices, and workplaces.. The program’s multi-setting approach, daily 5-2-1-0 message (five or more fruits and vegetables, two hours or less of screen time, one hour or more of physical activity and zero sugary drinks) and 10 evidence-based strategies are used to effect change across the state of Maine. Strong leadership from The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center and collaboration across health systems and community health coalitions contribute to the program’s success.