Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program

Families Learn Healthy Lifestyle Habits

The Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program (PPWCP) is a family-based, group behavioral and educational program. It promotes lifelong healthy eating and exercise habits for overweight children, adolescents and their families. It is part of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital’s 

Center for Healthy Weight

Since 1999, more than 80% of participating children and adolescents have achieved age-appropriate weight reduction.

The PPWCP offers age-specific programs for:

• Children ages 8-12 (groups offered in both English and Spanish)
• Adolescents ages 13-15 (groups offered in English)

  Our Six Month Program

  During the weight management program, groups of 12 families meet together every week for six months. Families are encouraged to attend each of the 25 sessions. Throughout the program, participants and their families learn to:
  

  • Identify and avoid high-calorie, low-nutrient foods
  • Develop better exercise habits 
  • Reduce sedentary behaviors (activities that require little or no physical activity) 
  • Follow a healthy, balanced diet, even in difficult situations like family gatherings, holidays and parties
  • Maintain a healthy weight over the long-term

  Eligibility and Enrollment

  If you have a son or daughter who may be eligible for the program and would like to enroll, please contact:
  

  • Cindy Zedeck, MA
    Program Director
    (650) 725-4424
    weightcontrol@lpch.org

  Learn More

  Please click the links below to learn more about the Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program:
  

  • Who Can Join the Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program?
  • Information for Health Care Professionals
  • Program Fees
  • Program Structure
  • Frequently Asked Questions 
  • Information for Kids
  • Meet Our Past Participants and Their Families 
    • Stuart Dooley
    • Yves Perez-Velasquez
    • Alberto Hidalgo 
  • Read or listen to a November 2006 NPR segment that discussed the Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program. Tom Robinson, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Healthy Weight, and Cindy Zedeck, Program Director of the Pediatric Weight Control Program, were featured.