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Finding Help for Your Overweight Child

Resources for parents

• Max's Magical Delivery DVD (Fit For Kids) is an interactive game to help teach parents and children 10 steps for healthy living, exercise and nutrition.
• My Pyramid is the revised food pyramid to help assist consumers with recommended food choices.
• The Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion site helps to define and coordinate nutrition education policy within the United States Department of Agriculture and provides materials for consumers, policymakers, and professionals in health, education, industry, and media.
• Weight Control Information Network provides the general public, health professionals, the media and Congress with up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity and related nutritional issues.
• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture provides information regarding farmers’ market locations, growing seasons for fruits and vegetables, and other agricultural information.
• Pennsylvania Department of Health offers resources to promote health and well being.
  

Resources for Access Plus, HealthChoices Members, and Voluntary Plans

If you are enrolled in ACCESS Plus, please call the ACCESS Plus Helpline, 1-800-543-7633 (TTD/TTY 1-800-654-5984)

If you are enrolled in HealthChoices in the Southeast Zone (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties), please call:

If you are enrolled in HealthChoices in the Lehigh Capital Zone (Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, Perry, and York Counties), please call:

If you are enrolled in HealthChoices in the Southwest Zone (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties), please call:

If you are in a voluntary plan, please contact the member services phone number listed on your card. 

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