When you’re a teen that’s overweight, it can be incredible tough.  More often than not teens get teased terribly in school, and that can lead a lot of different results; either getting angry and hating themselves, or getting sad and withdrawing, or turning into a class clown, or turning to something else to forget about the teasing.  Read More →

If you’re a parent to an overweight teen, you’re probably concerned about their health and emotional health, and are trying to figure out ways to help.  It’s great to get them exercising, and if you can monitor what they eat, even better.  But sometimes it just doesn’t seem like enough.  Read More →

“Fat camp” is an unnecessarily unkind way to refer to something that can really help a lot of people out.  If the name didn’t sound so off-putting, it might be easier for teens to get more excited about it.  “Fat camps” for teens can be a great way to learn lots of valuable information about how to live a healthy lifestyle, as well as help them get fit.  And camp can be exciting and a lot of fun, too, if... 

It’s hard for a busy teen to have a lot of extra time in their schedules.  Teens have a busy school day, then go home to a few hours of homework.  Most teens have at least one kind of extracurricular activity, which means one or two afternoons a week are taken up, if not every day after school!  Some kids have part-time jobs, while some kids have family obligations that take up time as well.  Read More →