Building Healthy Families (BHF) is effective in helping families, children, and parents make sensible and sustainable changes to their nutrition and physical activity, using research-tested behavior change strategies through a person-first and health-centered approach. BHF is designed for children between the ages of 6 and 12 years old with a BMI above the 95th percentile, and their parents and siblings.

12-month group-based program includes:

• An information session
• 12 weekly face-to-face family sessions (2 hours each)
• 6 refresher sessions (~90 mins each)

ELIGIBILITY

1. Children must be between the ages of 6 and 12 years old
2. BMI above the 95th percentile compared to children of the same age and sex
3. Children and their families must reside in Caroline or Dorchester counties