Programs | Growing Lean

The Growing Lean twelve-week weight management program promotes nutritional, behavioral, and fitness changes essential to healthier lifestyles. Children and their parents in the program attend monthly group seminars and biweekly individual counseling sessions to assist them in achieving their goals. Between counseling sessions, children attend regular exercise classes to bolster their fitness and help them lose weight. Children are monitored throughout by a board-certified pediatrician.

Parents and children also have access to internet tools to provide additional support between counseling sessions. At the end of the course, our team of pediatricians, mental health professionals, and nutritionists will assess your child’s progress and provide you with recommendations on future steps to promote continuing improvements.

The next session of our twelve-week program is scheduled to begin in May 2008. If you would like more information about the program or would like to sign up for the next session, please contact us. Programs are currently offered at the Condell Medical Center Centre Clubs. Their two state of the art fitness facilities, one at 200 W. Golf Rd. in Libertyville, the other at 1405 Hunt Club Rd. in Gurnee, offer a welcoming environment in which to pursue your goals. In June 2008, our twelve-week program is also coming to the Central Lake YMCA at 700 Lakeview Parkway in Vernon Hills.

We recognize that the twelve-week program may not work for some people’s schedules or individual needs. Growing Lean therefore offers additional services that can be tailored for your family.

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