Let's Get Movin'

 

The Let's Get Movin' program is fully integrated with the medical services provided at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.

Our innovative approach was designed with the best medical practices of our physicians and other clinicians, bringing together the lessons learned from existing disease management programs and applying that knowledge to the challenge of obesity.

Participation in the Let's Get Movin' program is based on a diagnosis of overweight or obesity by a child’s physician, who monitors progress and overall health on an ongoing basis. Through intervention, we seek to reduce the incidence of obesity-related diseases and conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

The breadth of services we provide to community residents of all ages enables us to develop a truly longitudinal approach to the problem of childhood obesity, from pregnancy through adolescence. Let’s Get Movin’ is one key element of that approach.