A fat camp is a slang term for a type of program where overweight and obese children and teenagers are sent during the summer to lose weight. Overweight is generally defined as having more body fat (adipose tissue than is optimally Healthy Being overweight is a common condition especially where Obesity is a condition in which excess Body fat has accumulated to such an extent that health may be negatively affected They are more gently referred to as a fitness and weight-loss camp. What sets apart a fat camp from any other ordinary camp is that it typically provides nutrition classes, weekly weigh-ins, and many more aerobic-based classes. The general goal of the camps is to enhance the health of the campers and raise their self confidence as well as teach them about how to live out of camp. These camps provide weight-loss results of two to six pounds per week on average. However the more overweight the camper, the more they generally lose in these programs. The effectiveness of these summer camps varies widely and usually depends on the quality of the individual program and biochemistry of the attending campers. Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries Newer programs not only focus on weight loss, but also on changing behavior through a combination of training on self-regulatory behaviors and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to ensure that weight loss persists long after campers return home. Most experts believe these are key elements of an effective program.
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Recent history
More recent programs are scientifically-based and clinical. They help participants change in their behavior so weight loss will continue at home. Behavioral change is accomplished through training and cognitive-behavioral therapy, for which insurance reimbursement is possible. Journalist Abby Ellin has written movingly--and hilariously--about her six years at fat camp in her book "Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs in on Living Large, Losing Weight and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help" (Public Affairs, 2005). The book also explores what really works when it comes to weight loss.
In pop culture
There have been a number of recent mainstream media pieces regarding fat camp.
- Television
- Several fictional television shows, such as The Simpsons and South Park , have an episode relating to fat camp. " The Heartbroke Kid " is the seventeenth episode of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. " Fat Camp " is episode 63 of the Comedy Central series South Park.
- In 'F. R. I. E. N. D. S' show, there is a reference to a fat Camp which Monica was forced to attend. She tried to escape from there, got caught on a wire fence and tried to eat a squirrel.
- Several fat camps have been featured on reality television, including New Image Camp, Camp Shane, and Camp La Jolla. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary
- MTV has a documentary titled Fat Camp which follows five teens at an eight week summer weight loss camp.
-Recently, MTV aired a sequal documentary titled "Return to Fat Camp"
- On Drake and Josh's TV movie Really Big Shrimp "Crazy" Steve wants to provoke himself to get mad, and he thinks about his father. Drake & Josh is an American sitcom shown on the Nickelodeon television network, starring the two stepbrothers Drake Parker ( Drake Bell One time he exclaimed, "This is for sending me to Fat Camp!"
- Other
- In 1995 a film called Heavyweights was released, starring Ben Stiller, about a summer adventure at fat camp. Heavyweights is a 1995 Comedy film about a Fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness Guru named Tony Perkis ( Ben Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30 1965 is an Emmy Award -winning American Comedian, actor Film producer and director
- There are several books that deal with fat camp as a theme--most notably Abby Ellin's 2005 book "Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs in on Living Large, Losing Weight and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help" (www. teenagewaistland. com). One chapter is called "Ho-Ho's in Paradise. "
- There are a handful of music groups called Fat Camp.
- There is a fictional fat camp called "Gallons of Fat" in an episode of Family Guy. Another episode features a doubly fictional fat camp called "Camp Putdownadaforka". "Lois Kills Stewie" is the second part of a two-part episode of Family Guy that aired on November 11, 2007. A fictional fictional character is a type of Fictional character found in a Metafictional work
See also
External links
- Parents turn to fat camps for obesity solution ABC. A weight loss resort is a word for various spas resorts and retreats offering weight loss programs for adults Fitness bootcamps are often based on the military style of training
- America's Growing Waistline WireTap Magazine.
- Getting Physical: A different kind of summer camp aims to shape winners for life Seattle Times
- U.S. child obesity still increasing and hitting poor harder Monsters and Critics.
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