Healthy Living with CHI Child and Adolescent Complex Obesity Service

Referral criteria:

• CHILDREN 2 – 16 yrs old with BMI > +4 SD OR >99.6th PERCENTILE with 2 of the following COMORBIDITIES:

✓ UNCONTROLLED METABOLIC COMPLICATIONS

✓ BIOMECHANICAL COMPLICATIONS REQUIRING TREATMENT OR LIMITED MOBILITY

✓ SHORTNESS OF BREATH

✓ SIGNIFICANT PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPLICATIONS OR CONCERNS

✓ SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING

• FASTING MORNING BLOODS including LIPID PROFILE, GLUCOSE, INSULIN, CORTISOL, HbA1c, LFTs, TFTs required before referral can be accepted

Referral form available here:

Referrals are accepted from:

• Any CHI consultant
• General paediatricians based in paediatric network sites outside CHI
• GPs
• Community Health Doctors/Area Medical Officers

Upon receiving your referral, the referral will be triaged and we will write back to you regarding the outcome of the triage process.

For any queries regarding referrals please contact: Sarah Delaney, Healthy Living with CHI administrator on 01 8921838 or healthy.living@childrenshealthireland.ie

We offer both E-learning and Clinical Skills Training in childhood obesity to health professionals. Five hours of free online training is available here.

Following completion of the e-learning training, health professionals can apply for Clinical Skills Training. This includes an opportunity to attend our clinics and evening group sessions to provide insight and training into working with children with obesity. For further details and to register your interest in Clinical Skills Training please email: slaintecareobesity@rcsi.ie