Free monthly information sessions the first Monday of every month between 6:30 and 7:30 pm.
Please call 294-4800 to reserve a spot.
Weekly fitness class offered on Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m. $15.00/family.
Quarterly scheduled Bike/Hike/Scoot get-togethers at a local outside area. Next scheduled month is January 2007. Actual date still pending.
Health Care Crisis
California is facing an urgent health crisis! Nearly 60 percent of all Californians are overweight or obese and more than 30 percent of California’s children are at-risk of becoming obese.
Devastating Effects of Being Overweight
The devastating effects of being overweight on our children’s physical, mental, and emotional health are frightening. BACTK is an established medically managed family-based program devoted to helping children and teens with weight problems.
Healthy Eating and Activity
The primary goal of a lifestyle based program is healthy eating and activity that is realistic and achievable in today’s world, not the achievement of ideal body weight.
Skills for Changing Behavior
To this end, we emphasize the skills necessary to change behavior and to maintain healthy changes that will result in life long physical, mental, and emotional health.
New Program Helps Obese Kids With Self-Esteem. It is hard enough being a teenager, but it can be emotionally devastating if you are overweight. ... more
Healthy snacks, two to three times a day between meals, often provide as much as one-third of a child’s daily calories. ... more
