[Dealing with overweight children: an example of a multifaceted approach for accompanying the families].
"éq-kilo" is a multifaceted project for families with an overweight or obese child. The accompaniment includes the following: physical activity and sports, diet and eating behaviour, psychological and educational support for the families. Excess weight is not only a result of the number of calories consumed and burnt. Overweight children and their families are also affected by emotional, behavioural and cognitive elements. Parents worry about their children's excess weight; they may even feel guilty. So the educational part of the project consists in helping parents to detach from "the enemy to fight", which quickly becomes "the issues". Moreover they need full support in their search for sense between their overweight children and their family reality.
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Centre de santé scolaire, La Chaux-de-Fonds. Souhail.latreche@ne.ch
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Vogel
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Mosset
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Portner
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Perroud
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D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012944:Social Support