Children & Teen Weight Loss

CBM director wrote the first book for therapists on treating childhood and adolescent obesity (published in 1987). CBM’s assistant director managed a large scale program for overweight children prior to beginning her work in CBM. Collectively, our staff has helped children:

• Lose weight (in what has become the largest and most successful programs ever created for weight loss in young people, Wellspring
• Decrease eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia)
• Decrease anxiety associated with hospitalization (e.g., learn active coping skills, relaxation skills)
• Improve performance in sport and music
• Communicate more effectively with their parents
• Reduce symptoms of GERD, Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disorder

We provide consultation to families about all of these issues and more, and we do family based work on weight loss and in other areas.