The Ontario Paediatric Bariatric Network (OPBN) is comprised of 12 clinics that provides specialized paediatric bariatric services to children and youth who are overweight or obese. The OPBN identifies priorities and recommend strategies to advance a coordinated system of services, address service gaps, and improve quality of care over time across community and hospital settings, and across urban, rural and remote regions.
List of OPBN Clinics
- Centre for Healthy Active Living (CHAL) at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- BALANCE Program at Health Sciences North – NEO Kids
- Pediatric HEAL Program (Healthy Eating, Activity and Lifestyle) at Children’s Hospital – London Health Sciences Centre
- Children’s Exercise and Nutrition Centre (CENC) at McMaster Children’s Hospital
- Choosing Healthy Actions Together (CHAT) at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital
- Healthy Kids & Teens | A PRHC Wellness Program at Peterborough Regional Health Centre
- HOPPS (Healthy Outcomes Paediatric Program for Scarborough) at Scarborough Health Network – Centenary Hospital
- Healthy Living Clinic (HLC) at The Hospital for Sick Children
- Paediatric Healthy Living Program at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
- Healthy Lifestyle Clinic at Toronto East Health Network (Michael Garron Hospital)
- KidFit Health and Wellness Clinic at Trillium Health Partners
- Women’s and Children’s Paediatric Healthy Lifestyle Clinic at William Osler Health System
Resources
The 5As of Pediatric Obesity Management
The Canadian Obesity Network’s 5As of Obesity Management program is a step-by-step framework for non-specialists who manage obesity in their patients. It is an easy-to-use roadmap that provides sensitive, realistic, measurable and sustainable obesity management strategies focusing on improving health and well-being.
4Ms to Careplan – Case Study
The 4Ms stand for the Mental, Mechanical, Metabolic and Monetary health of a patient. The 4Ms help care provider understand the drivers and consequences of obesity to develop realistic, feasible and sustainable management plans.
Webinar Series: Paediatric Diabetes and Paediatric Obesity Management (Dec. 2022 - March 2023)