Important Update Actualización importante:

Good news! All CHIP, STAR, and STAR Kids Member Handbooks are now available online. Quick, easy access to your benefits and coverage information - any time!

¡Buenas noticias! Todos los manuales para miembros de CHIP, STAR y STAR Kids ya están disponibles en línea. Obtén acceso rápido y sencillo a la información sobre tus beneficios y cobertura, ¡en cualquier momento!

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Nutrition and General Wellness

Learn how to stay healthy, eat well and manage your weight.

The weight management department at Texas Children's Health Plan offers:

  • Health coaching over the phone.
  • Fitness and nutrition classes at some pediatrician offices.
  • Help from dieticians and referrals to other programs.

Other programs we can connect you with are:

  • 10 weeks of meetings at Weight Watchers.
  • Dieticians at Texas Children's Hospital Main and West Campuses and at Texas Children's Health Centers in Clearlake, Cy-Fair, Sugar Land, and The Woodlands.
  • Teen WOW is an 8-week session for ages 12 to 18. Topics include self-esteem, motivation, goal setting, nutrition and fitness education.
  • Weigh of Life (nutrition help).
  • Healthy Beginnings (nutrition and exercise classes for ages 8 to 12).
  • Summer programs and year-round sports teams at Houston Parks and Recreation Department.
  • Kamp Ka'ana, a 2-week summer weight camp for kids ages 10 to 14.

Resources to help you:

Call us at 832-828-1430 to learn more about our programs or to talk with a health coach. Or you can call 1-866-959-6555 (CHIP) or 1-866-959-2555 (STAR).