When your child sees their PCP, we encourage you to:
- Discuss healthy eating, physical activity, and goal setting.
- Ensure monitoring of your child’s BMI at each visit.
- Discuss having a lipid test done.
- A lipid test checks the levels of different fats in the blood.
- This testing should begin at nine or 11 years of age. It can be done as early as age two years if there are risk factors.
- Talk about any unusual changes in behavior.
- UPHP covers visits to behavioral health providers if you need extra assistance.