Dr. Dolgoff's Lighter Weigh weight management program is a "traffic light" plan.  Foods are divided into green light (Go!), yellow light (Slow!) and red light (Uh-Oh!) categories.  Green light foods are the healthiest, lowest calorie foods.  Red light foods are highest in calories and fat.  Yellow light foods fall somewhere in between.

     Children's bodies are constantly growing and changing.  Nutritional and caloric needs differ at each stage of development.  Joanna Dolgoff, MD, a board-certified pediatrician, has used her pediatric medical training and her in-depth knowledge of child and adolescent physiology to determine the appropriate serving sizes for each food based on these differing requirements.

     Your child's program will be developed based on age, gender, weight, activity level, and resting metabolic rate.  These factors determine recommended daily calorie intake, which dictates how many servings of each color should be eaten at each meal and snack.  There is no calorie counting on this plan; it is not a low carbohydrate plan.  It simply teaches your child which foods are healthiest and what a normal serving size, for age, looks like.