Sheila Carroll
Parent coach for weight and metabolic health in kids and teens
| Hourly rate range | $90 to $135 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Parents |
| Also coaches | Health coach |
| Credentials | Board-Certified Pediatrician; Obesity Medicine Diplomate; Certified Life and Weight Coach; MD |
Sheila Carroll is a pediatrician and weight coach who helps parents support kids and teens with weight struggles. She is a board-certified pediatrician and an obesity medicine diplomate. Her work focuses on changing the home food environment, not putting the child on a diet. She teaches that real food, sleep, daily movement and emotional regulation skills matter most. She lived with childhood weight struggles herself and later parented a child with extra weight.
What Sheila helps with
Sheila works with parents whose children or teens struggle with weight. She focuses on the home environment instead of dieting or restriction.
- Creating a home food environment where kids can thrive
- Replacing ultra-processed food with real food
- Avoiding power struggles, calorie counting and shame around food
- Handling pushback when family habits change
- Building consistent sleep and daily movement
- Teaching kids emotional regulation skills
Who Sheila works with
Sheila coaches parents of children and teens who struggle with weight. She works with the parent, not the child, because she teaches that kids and teens cannot build and keep healthy habits alone. Parents lead the changes at home.
Background and qualifications
Sheila Carroll is a board-certified pediatrician and an obesity medicine diplomate. She is also a certified life and weight coach. She grew up as a child and teen with extra weight, and later raised a child with extra weight. She built her parent coaching practice because she could not find the kind of help she wanted for her own family. Her medical training and her personal experience shape how she coaches parents.
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Programs and services
- Parent coaching
- Free guide on real food and hunger
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The CoachVouch take
She is a board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine diplomate who coaches parents instead of putting children on diets.
Best for parents who want to help a child or teen with weight by changing the home food environment without shame or restriction.
Common questions
How much does Sheila Carroll charge?
Coaching with Sheila runs $90 to $135 an hour. Message Sheila from this page for an exact quote.
What does Sheila Carroll help with?
Sheila Carroll helps with creating a home food environment where kids can thrive, replacing ultra-processed food with real food, avoiding power struggles, calorie counting and shame around food and handling pushback when family habits change.
Is Sheila Carroll certified?
Sheila Carroll lists: Board-Certified Pediatrician; Obesity Medicine Diplomate; Certified Life and Weight Coach; MD.
Does Sheila Carroll put kids on a diet?
No. She teaches that kids and teens need real food, consistent sleep, daily movement and emotional regulation skills, not a diet.
Does Sheila Carroll coach the child or the parent?
She coaches the parent. She teaches that kids and teens need parents to go first because they cannot sustain healthy habits by themselves.
How do I contact Sheila Carroll?
Send Sheila a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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