To contact us please call our offices at 703.536.1817 or email info@gbtherapy.org

Classes currently on hold. Please call our office for more information.

Healthy Beginnings is:

A Cooking and Fitness Club for Kids and Teens Located in Reston, Virginia.

Jump Start your child/teen towards a lifestyle which includes a healthy weight, fit body and strong self-esteem.

Pull yourself out of the role of food and exercise “police” and let us help motivate him/her to make healthy decisions all while having fun!

It is an experience that they can carry with them through life.

Healthy Beginnings Kids...

• Enjoy parties
• Go out to restaurants
• Hang with their friends

Healthy Beginnings will teach your child a real life approach that he/she can live with.

Live fit, feel fit, be fit and feel great about yourself!

The Healthy Beginnings Approach...

Includes:

• Convenient Weekly Sessions
• Training to build strength and agility for better participation in sports
• Cooking healthy food in a commercial-style kitchen
• Ongoing Support
• A “Whole” Family Approach
• Interactive Activities and Confidence Building

Our multidisciplinary professional team has a proven record in motivating kids for health and fitness.

What to expect at our Fitness Activity and Nutrition CLUB

Learning About Cooking and Healthy Eating:

• “Food Network” style cooking challenges
• Cooking with a guest chef
• How to make fun foods healthy

Finding Physical Activity That Is Right For You:

• “Survivor” competitions
• Incredible race team play
• Fun games, circuit training and boot camp
• Hiking and geocaching

Feeling Good About Yourself and Your Body:

• Meeting new friends
• Learning “what to wear”
• Coping with stress and pressure

Call us to find out if this program would be right for your child or teen at 703.536.1817 Ext:259

Obesity is not a simple condition, so managing and maintaining weight loss is not simple either. To be successful, a program must combine physical, behavioral, and psychological elements. For more than 25 years, Good Beginnings has taken such a comprehensive approach in its occupational and physical therapy practice. This is an approach that begins with the simple philosophy that children who learn feel good about themselves and, in turn, children who feel good about themselves learn.

Our Healthy Beginnings program approaches childhood obesity in the same way. The goal is not only to achieve or maintain a healthy weight, but to educate both child and parent to be active partners in bringing about beneficial change, which will give everyone the tools to succeed.

About Our Founders

Jane Kaplan Hull, PT/MPH, founded Good Beginnings over 25 years ago, and drawn by the practice’s philosophy, Sara Weiser, OTR/L joined more than 7 years ago. Together they have studied Practical Approaches to Pediatric Obesity and Nutrition Specialties and have put together a professional team and a fresh approach to keep kids interested and engaged.