Family games and workshops to fight childhood obesity

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Proxob offers overweight or obese children support
at home involving the whole family. Service Communication CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Obesity Proximity program offers overweight children and adolescents home care.

«My eldest daughter has been on the high weight curve since she was a child. But at 15, after we moved, his weight went over the curve. Without being obese, she was overweight. I myself come from a family where women are morbidly obese and I maintain my weight thanks to the sport”, says Karine. This Clermontoise called on the Proxob program (Proximity Obesity), which offers overweight or obese children in Auvergne, Drôme and Ardèche home care that involves the whole family. “The goal is for everyone to implement new lifestyle habits. For this, we are going to work on all dimensions: food, physical activity but also parenthood in the broad sense, which will bring together communication, management of emotions, sleep and even screens.explains Victoria Rousset-Thiry, coordinator of Proxob.

Concretely, the program includes 18 sessions for one year: 6 sessions on dietetics, 6 on…

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