About...

Healthy Children, Healthy Weights is a program designed to prevent childhood overweight by promoting healthy weight in all children.

Healthy Children, Healthy Weights focuses on:

• Healthy Activity
• Healthy Eating
• Healthy Nutrition
• Healthy Drinks
• Healthy Weight

Click here for a full list of our key messages.

Program Services

HCHW Provides:

• Interactive training for childcare staff, parents, faith-based organizations, and healthcare providers
• A Healthy Children, Healthy Weights Toolbox
• Technical Assistance to help program participants put the program into practice 
• Educational Materials that provide information for parents 

How To Use The Program

Contact the Office of Health Promotion at (614) 645-7520 to learn more about the program or to register for an upcoming training.

Summary of Healthy Children, Healthy Weights Program (PDF)

Resources and Links

Report on the Body Mass Index of Ohio's Third Graders, 2004-2005
Ohio Department of Health - Public elementary schools within each county in Ohio were randomly chosen to participate in a study of measuring Body Mass Index (BMI) in third graders. 

Contact Us

(614) 645-7520
 
Health@columbus.gov