Who We Are:

The Baystate Children’s Hospital Pediatric Weight Management Program is a multi-disciplinary program serving children age two years to twenty-one years with a diagnosis of obesity ( BMI > 95% for age).  The program offers children and families resources aimed at promoting healthy nutrition, healthy activity and a healthy lifestyle. 

Our Staff:

• Chrystal Wittcopp, MD
• Sarah Goff, MD
• Cynthia Johnson, NP
• Hillary Weiner, RD
• Lynn Henry, RD
• Peter Thunfors, PhD. 

Our Services:

• Complete medical evaluation and treatment by pediatricians that specialize in childhood obesity
• Evaluation and treatment by registered dietician
• Referral (if needed) to psychologists who specialize in childhood obesity
• Enrollment in MIGHTY (moving, improving, and gaining health together at the YMCA).  MIGHTY is a 6 month long group program with strong emphasis placed on physical activity, nutrition and behavioral change for the entire family.  It includes a fitness evaluation, individual fitness prescriptions, group exercise sessions, individual and group nutritional counseling and strategies for lifelong behavior change.  Families who participate in MIGHTY also receive a free 6 month long membership to the Springfield based YMCA.  In order for a child to be enrolled in MIGHTY they must first be evaluated at the Pediatric Weight Management Program.