Weight Loss Camps - Do They Reduce Obesity?
Weight Loss Camps & Children
The last of the children who went away to weight loss camp this summer
to lose weight are returning home, where the odds are that they will regain
whatever they lost. Experts in childhood obesity say the fat fight is
won or lost with the child's parents, not counselors.
Childhood Obesity Epidemic
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, America is
facing an unprecedented epidemic of childhood obesity. And with the weight
gain comes a greater chance of contracting diabetes as well as risk factors
for heart disease.
Weight Loss Camps - Avoid Weight Regain
Weight loss camps can be a nice jump-start for obese or overweight children,
but they don't solve a weight problem. In camp, children are away from
normal habits that make them gain weight, and they cannot stay there for
life. Parents must pick up where camp leaves off, by changing the lifestyle
of the whole family -so that any weight loss is not regained.
Weight Loss Camps - Yo-Yo Weight
Without those changes, camp can backfire because weight lost can bounce
back. Yo-yo weight change is a well-known phenomenon. You gain weight
and then it's harder to lose, so you lose a little less weight next time.
Source: CBS News August, 2003
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