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Healthy Hawks Care - Stage 3

The third stage of Healthy Hawks consists of a weekly group meeting, in addition to the monthly clinic appointment from stage 2. At this stage, you and your family will participate in weekly group meetings with other families like yours in order to treat your child's weight problem more intensely. These meetings will be approximately 2 hours long. They will consist of one hour in which parents and children will meet in separate groups to discuss information and one hour in which everyone will exercise together under the instruction of our exercise physiologists. Your child is referred to this stage of Healthy Hawks when it is determined in the monthly clinic that this part of the program will be beneficial to your family, or if you do not have insurance to cover the Stage 2 clinics. Currently, Stage 3 is free for all participants thanks to the support of Children's Mercy Family Health Partners and a generous grant from the Greater Kansas City Healthcare Foundation.

Primary Care
(Stage 1)		 The first stage of Healthy Hawks involves your child's primary care physician. Your child becomes a part of Healthy Hawks when his or her Body Mass Index reaches the 85th percentile.
Clinic
(Stage 2)		 The second stage of Healthy Hawks consists of a monthly clinic appointment with a team of specialists. This team of specialists will help you and your child on an individual level to face issues that are specific to your family concerning weight and overall health.
Group
(Stage 3)		 The third stage of Healthy Hawks consists of a weekly group meeting, in addition to the monthly clinic appointment from stage 2. At this stage, you and your family will participate in weekly group meetings with other families like yours in order to treat your child's weight problem more intensely.