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Atkins Diet - Is the Atkins Diet Healthy
for Teens?
Weight loss camps feature
weight loss programs & weight loss tips
for overweight teens and overweight children.
For overweight teens, weight loss camps
and weight loss programs can have mixed
success. The quality of a weight loss camp will make a difference not only in how much
weight loss you experience, but whether
or not that weight loss in permanent.
Some weight loss camps
offer dieting information, exercise programs,
and fitness training. These weight loss
camps will put all campers on the same strict
diet without considering the individual
teen or child. Some of these weight loss
camps are simply summer camps where food
is controlled. It is important that the
weight loss camp you choose have a focus
on educating the child or teen about nutrition,
why simply going on a diet doesn't work,
and engendering a love for an active lfe
that incorporates exercise and fitness.
Whether you are a parent looking for a weight
loss camp for your teen, or a teen who has
decided a summer weight loss camp will work
for you, it is important to ask questions
and make sure this experience will be fun,
informative, and that it will keep working
for you long after you have left the weight
loss camp.
Overweight teens are particularly
sensitive to the social stigma associated
with being overweight. A good weight loss
summer camp will address self-esteem and
rebuilding your self-image to help the teen
stay motivated to maintain weight loss.
A good weight loss camp serves delicious
and nutritious foods that will be easy to
continue eating after the child leaves the
weight loss camp.
I Don't Want My Friends
to Think I Went to Fat Camp!
Parents can help their
teens avoid falling into this trap that
will keep them from getting the help they
need to lose weight. Choose a camp that
emphasizes fun, fitness, and outdoor activities.
The teen can come home to say I went mountain
climbing, backpacking, and white water rafting
this summer. Frankly, many teens may wish
they had such an exciting summer vacation!
When looking into a summer
weight loss camp, pay attention to the diet
plans, diet counseling and specific diet
programs, weight loss tips, personal fitness
philosophy, healthy living activities, the
use of hard-to find diet foods vs. foods
that make for a healthy diet, how they teach
your teen or child meal planning and weight
loss maintenance, whether they offer diet
support in the form of an after-care program
, and what the qualifications of the clinical
staff are.
If you are the parent
of an overweight teen who would like to
lose weight this summer, or if you are an
overweight teen who believes a summer camp
will afford you the best opportunity to
lose weight, there are many weight loss
camps out there to investigate. Be sure
you pick the camp that treats the whole
person, not just the fat.
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