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 408-294-4800 to request packets of information you can give your patients.
- Give the patient the enclosed packet of information.
- Tell them you would like to call BayAreaCTK to refer them and have them sign a release of information (included on the right side of the packet) giving you permission to discuss their child with another medical professional.
- Fax back the consent form. The fax number is listed on the top of the consent form.
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) 294-4800 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 |
