Fat Camps in North Carolina: Why Wellspring Adventure Camp is a Better Choice
Many of the families who contact us are considering a number of options for their child this summer—including conventional summer camps, joining a gym, or sending their child to a traditional "fat camp." Given how often the term “fat camp” is used in popular culture, we feel that it's important to understand the differences between what Wellspring offers and what a traditional fat camp offers.
Fat Camps Are NOT Scientifically Based
At Wellspring Adventure Camp in North Carolina, all of our campers benefit from the expertise of our Scientific Advisory Board, a group of leading researchers from top universities who are experts on obesity and weight management. The Wellspring Plan was developed by these researchers to combat the epidemic of childhood overweight and obesity. The result? The world's most fun and most effective weight loss program for young boys and girls, backed by ongoing research presented at medical conferences every year.
Fat Camps are NOT Focused on Long-Term Weight Loss
Wellspring's renowned approach to fitness and weight loss combines everything necessary for adolescents to lose weight permanently—fun activities that campers discover they want to continue participating in, a sustainable eating plan, behavioral change, hands-on education on how to shop in the grocery store, how to cook at home and order in restaurants, training for the entire family, and Continuing Care for a year after camp. Fat camps exist to make money and continue bringing in campers every year. Wellspring exists to help as many children and families as possible reach and maintain a healthy weight.
Fat Camps Do NOT Train the Entire Family
At Wellspring Adventure Camp, the entire family has the opportunity to lose weight and learn how best to support their child at home. Free Family Workshops offered at each of our camps teach family members how to follow the Wellspring Plan, how to fit more activity into busy schedules, and how to adopt a lasting healthy lifestyle. Most families report that the workshops not only create a shared commitment to continue the healthy choices at home, but also help other family members return to a healthy weight. And because we believe so strongly in the importance of family involvement, we offer a $300 Family Workshop Award to every family that sends at least one member to a Workshop.
Fat Camps Are NOT Comprehensive
Many Adventure Camp campers have attempted other ways to lose weight before—joining a gym, seeing a fitness trainer or therapist, attending a fat camp, or trying numerous fad diets. After unsuccessful efforts at dieting and getting in shape, participants are left feeling less motivated and less confident in their ability to lose weight permanently. The problem is that weight loss is a comprehensive issue that requires a similarly comprehensive solution. Like most weight loss approaches, traditional fat camps do not provide the full range of skills and experiences necessary for long-term weight loss. Wellspring, on the other hand, provides the full range of skills, knowledge, and motivation for campers to lose weight and keep it off permanently with a simple, sustainable program. In fact, in February 2007, Consumers Digest concluded Wellspring Camps are more effective than traditional fat camps.
Unlike traditional weight loss camps or fat camps, Wellspring Adventure Camp works. If you're ready to lose weight, get in shape, and have fun and adventure, Wellspring Adventure Camp is the place for you.
