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KIDSFIT Newark
Pediatric Weight Management Program

A Comprehensive Wellness Program for Kids
and Those Who Love Them

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KidsFit is now part of the regular school curriculum in the Newark, New Jersey school district. Valuable lessons on healthy eating is being taught in class... and heads home in the backpack for the whole family to learn.

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The Pediatric Health Center at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center offers a multidisciplinary pediatric weight management program called KIDSFIT Newark. Kids from ages 7 to 18 and their families are welcome to participate.

Kidsfit Team

The Team

The team consists of a physician, a registered dietitian, an exercise physiologist and a social worker.  KidsFit Newark is under the direction of  Nwando Anyauko, MD, Director of The Pediatric Health Center at Children’s Hospital of NJ and Barbara B. Mintz, MS, RD, Clinical Nutrition Manager at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

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Photo by Tony Kurdzuk, Courtesy of The Star Ledger

The Program

KidsFit Newark is an 8 week, comprehensive program that encourages children, teens and their families to adopt and sustain a healthy lifestyle.  The major components of health living are taught in a supportive environment and include nutrition and healthy eating, behavior modification, self-esteem and physical activity.  The program is facilitated by a multidisciplinary team who are experts in their field.

Weekly topics include:

  • Fitness and health
  • Appropriate portions and serving sizes
  • Healthy food choices and cooking methods
  • Healthy food shopping on a budget and how to read labels
  • Fitness and activity
  • Self image
Photo by Tony Kurdzuk, Courtesy of The Star Ledger

Call 973-926-2884 or 973-926-7300 for more information.

 

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