If you’re like most parents, you’re probably wondering whether you need to send your child to weight loss camp. Can’t your child lose weight at home this summer? After all, there’s plenty of time to be active. Maybe your child will join a gym, work out with a personal trainer, or engage in one or more other teen fitness activities.
If this is where you are, think about this: Has your child tried these things before? Have these methods worked?
For many families, the answer to these questions is no. And this is for a very good reason: sustained weight loss for teens is incredibly challenging, and ultimately a permanent change in behavior and habits is required.
In addition, for many families, not only have these efforts proven unsuccessful, but they have also seen their child’s weight, mood, and confidence significantly worsen. Now your child may not want to try something else because they think they’re likely to fail again.
The good news is—Wellspring can help.
Wellspring is most definitely not a fat camp. Rather, Wellspring offers a comprehensive and scientifically based that has worked for thousands of young people just like your child – they have not only lost weight, but they have kept it off in the long run.
While there are many summer camps in Texas that focus on various activities, none of these camps are likely to make a material difference in your child’s weight . If your child is struggling with his or her weight, wouldn’t it be better to have a great, fun summer, and also resolve your child’s weight issue once and for all?
If your child is overweight, the time to act is now and the most convenient and fun way to do so is by sending your child to Wellspring Texas.
At Wellspring Texas, we think about the long term. Losing weight at camp is great, but if that’s all there is, then the program is simply a fat camp. Ultimately, it’s what happens when campers return home that really matters.
In February 2007, the publication Consumers Digest reviewed weight loss camps and profiled Wellspring programs. Consumers Digest concluded that Wellspring Camps are more effective than traditional weight loss programs. To read this article, click here.
10 Questions to Ask if You’re Considering Weight Loss Camp
If you’re thinking about weight loss camp this summer, think about asking these questions:
- What was last year’s average weekly weight loss at Camp?
- What are the camp’s long-term results? What percentage of campers maintain or continue weight loss at home?
- Who designed the weight loss program? What are their credentials? Is the program design scientifically based? Or is it simply a fat camp?
- Is counseling or behavior modification offered? By credentialed therapists?
- If so, do the therapists work full time at the camp during the summer? Does each camper have an individual therapist assigned to him or her? Do therapists continue to work with campers after campers return home?
- How are families involved?
- How many campers return each year? Did they regain weight? Will new campers feel left out because of cliques from prior years?
- How large is the Camp? Is it a manageable size where the Camp Director knows each and every camper?
- Can we talk to several families of campers who have maintained or continued weight loss from last summer?
- Does the camp demonstrate improvements in self-esteem and overall well-being?
