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PHYSICIAN
INFORMATION
Referral
Process:
How and
when to refer a patient to
BayAreaCTK for weight
management.
Who
should be considered for
referral?
- Any patient crossing BMI
percentiles in an upward
fashion.
- A patient between the
85th-95th percentile BMI for
age unless
this has been a
stable trend over many years
and seems consistent given
family history
- A patient over the 95th
percentile BMI.
How
to refer?
- Please call our office at
408-356-6900
to request packets of
information you can give your
patients.
Why
refer to BayAreaCTK versus a
dietitian?
- BayAreaCTK is able to
provide a multi-disciplinary
team that includes a dietitian
and behavioral specialist at
every visit in addition to
medical monitoring by a
pediatrician. Our groups also
include a certified masters
level exercise physiologist
who is also available on an
individual basis.
- Our multi-disciplinary
approach allows us to
individualize the treatment of
each child and family and
their unique lifestyle
needs.
Professional
Consultation
The Bay Area Committed to Kids
Program is a multidisciplinary,
private practice adaptation of
the outpatient, research based
Committed to Kids Program that
began in 1986.
The BACTK Program offers
health professionals and
multidisciplinary groups the
opportunity to visit their
facility for a site visit.
Individual, follow-up and family
group sessions may be
observed. Consultation,
training, and help with program
start-up are also available.
Leave a message at (408)
356-6900 and we will be happy
to return your call.
Professional Recommended
Reading
Child and Adolescent
Overweight: The Health
Professionals Guide to
Identification, Treatment, and
Prevention
Mary Catherine Mullen, M.S.,
R.D.
Evaluation and Management
of Obesity
Daniel H. Bressen, M.D.
Robert Kushner, M.D.
Handbook of Pediatric
Obesity: Clinical
Management
Edited by: Melinda Sothern,
Stewart Gordon, T. Kristian von
Almen
Obesity: Dietary and
Developmental Differences
Gail Woodward-Lopez
Loreene Davis Ritchie
Office Management of
Obesity
George Bray, M.D.
Pediatric Nutrition
Handbook, fifth edition
American Academy of
Pediatrics
Preventing Childhood
Obesity
Institute of Medicine
A Professional’s
Guide to Childhood
Obesity
Sandra G. Hassink, M.D.
American Academy of
Pediatrics
PDFs for Providers
Childhood
Obesity: Is There Effective
Treatment?
Consultant for Pediatricians,
Novermber/December 2004
by Jennifer Greaser, RN, MSN and
John J. Whyte, MD. MPH
Childhood
Overweight: A fact Sheet for
Professionals
University of Calfornia,
Berkeley
Department of Nutritional
Sciences
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