my training zone is a medical practice specializing in weight management for children and adolescents. It was designed specifically to confront the health challenges that accompany obesity -- physically, medically, psychologically, and socially -- while making a permanent positive difference in each child and teen’s life. We believe that involvement of the entire family together is important in successful weight management. Nutrition and fitness education in combination with behavior modification techniques in an age-appropriate fashion lead to more healthy lifestyles, higher quality of life, and increased longevity.  It is our goal to facilitate the education of children and their families world-wide regarding healthy living and provide key tools and skills necessary to be able to maintain healthy habits for life.

Our current consultations, e-mtz and phone-mtz, use the latest technology to offer you and your family a secure way to communicate quickly and safely with a physician specialist.  We welcome any questions or requests for advice regarding infant, childhood and teen obesity and weight management from ages prenatal – 17 years. No question is insignificant. Sample topics may include appropriate nutrition and portions, diets and fads out in the market past and present, exercise and training, psychological components of eating, school lunches and snacks, grocery shopping, feeding your challenging infant, journaling, how to eat out more healthfully, or how to prevent obesity in newborns and infants.  We embrace the challenge and opportunity to be the educational source that you can count on for clarification and answers to your questions while providing instruction based on the latest medical and health information, reliable pediatric medical sources and research, and years of pediatric and specialist experience!