New Image Camp’s Tony Sparber joins Lisa Defazio, MS, RD, on her radio shoe Getting Real to talk about weight management for kids and teens- summer camps and the healthy approach.
Sparber runs two kids weight loss camps, Camp Pocono Trails and Camp Vanguard.
Check out the interview here.
In a biennial survey of high school students in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly half said that they had no physical education classes in an average week.
New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s push to increase awareness of childhood obesity has also seen a decrease in physical education classes from 14.4% a decade before now to the current 20.5% of students saying that they had no physical education in the past week.
Dr. John J. Ratey, a Harvard professor and author of “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” cited a 2010 study on the topic from the federal Health and Human Services Department.
“There is shrinking P.E. and recess time for our kids,” Dr. Ratey wrote. “P.E. teachers are fighting like cats and dogs to hold the line on their jobs and worth, at the same time as there is a dawning awareness that we have missed the boat.”
Despite the limited physical education classes Bloomberg has collected accolades from health advocates for recent anti-obesity programs, including calorie charts in chain restaurants, a ban on large drinks that contain sugar in certain settings, and limiting school vending machines based on calorie and sugar contents.
New Image Camps at Camp Pocono Trails has been a leader amongst promoting healthy habits through their summer weight loss camps for kids, New Image Camps is currently offering programs for kids and teenagers through the end of summer.
Morgan checked into New Image Camp’s Kids Weight Loss Camp at Camp Pocono at age 14, weighing 280 lbs. and since lost over 100 lbs.
This is her story and a brief question and answer post.
Thank you for sharing your story with us Morgan!
In news released Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced that they were in support of in-class instruction geared towards preventing childhood obesity.
That is correct, the AMA feels that childhood obesity can be prevented by classroom lecturing.
What about the children in the classroom who may already be considered obese? The borderline children who teeter on obesity and the impressionable children who may be negatively effected by the fear of obesity thus creating intentions which could lead toward the just as deadly opposite end of obesity?
The AMA announced support for a call on taxing sugary drinks in order to fund the programs which would eventually become the ‘obesity prevention program’.
The tax on sugary drinks is already being called into question as doctors feel that it will negatively effect the poor disproportionately. While others feel that it is not right to tax people into making healthy decisions that they should be making on their own.
Excess weight is a real problem and can lead to some forms of cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Scientists have discovered that even a five-percent weight loss can greatly improve ones health.
There are real alternatives to the scared straight type teaching, this is where a kids and teen weight loss camp like New Image Camps can help create a healthy approach to weight loss. New Image Camps are currently underway at Camp Pocono Trails and Camp Vanguard.
According to a 2006 study, children who are overweight in their preschool years are five times more likely than other children to be overweight at age 12.
Earlier last week Bloomberg.com released an article focusing on childhood obesity and the minefield that kids must navigate between calories and bad ads.
With parents now focused on school lunches and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg banning the sale of sugary drinks over the size of 16 ounces at delis,vending carts, movie theaters and restaurants. The heat is on and it is all aimed at this national crisis.
Food intake is the number one factor in childhood obesity and this is something that can be fixed, at New Image Summer Weight Loss Camp for Kids at Pocono Trails that is one of the primary focuses.
As founder Tony Sparber puts it, “If you’re serious about helping your child attain and maintain a trim and fit body, you must be the first one in your family to make the changes that will put all of you on track in this race for fitness.”
Find out more about the summer program as sessions are currently underway at http://www.newimagecamp.com/
In a recent study conducted by Purdue sociology researcher Sarah Mustillo via the National Growth and Health Study it has been revealed that losing weight does not necessarily boost confidence and whether or not it does may depend on your race.
Mustillo analyzed ten years of data on upwards of 2,000 black and white girls.
Mustillo can’t say exactly why the effects of obesity-related stigma lingered for the white girls, but not the black. That’s a subject for future study.
New Image Camps makes self-esteem a top priority and focuses on making self-esteem an essential step in their four step summer teen weight loss camp.
New Image Camps philosophy:
From the moment campers arrive, they are treated with respect and caring
by our highly trained staff who are all devoted to the New Image philosophy:1. Provide an environment where weight loss is an integral part of the summer camp experience
2. Promote health, wellness, integrity and learning
3. Build self-esteem and lasting friendships
4. Ensure individualized attention that yields results
In exciting news MTV’s reality star Chelsea Settles is teaming up with New Image Camps at Pocono Trails weight loss camp for kids this summer. Settles announced the news on her blog last month, stating,
“This summer I’ll be instructing a course on charm, poise, and building self confidence and a healthy body image at Camp Pocono Trails. I’ll be living at the camp full time starting June 13 through August 15.”
Settles is best known from her self-titled show on MTV which chronicled her journey from cutting down from 326 pounds. With New Image Camps, Chelsea will focus on teaching classes in grooming, poise and charm.
In news that may or may not be new to you, The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is reporting that fatty foods act like drugs, causing a vicious cycle of overeating and depression.
The study (produced by Dr. Stephanie Fulton of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre) fed mice different foods and monitored changes in behavior. Dopamine is released in the brain while eating higher-fat foods. Dopamine is the same chemical a human brain releases in high volume when a taking illicit drugs.
The mice in the study who were fed the higher-fat foods tended to be more anxious and depressed. They avoided open areas and did not attempt to escape from being trapped.
In addition to these findings the stress-related hormone corticosterone was elevated in the mice. Further studies are hoping to determine if foods that are high fat and high in sugar play a similar role in humans.
Camp Pocono Trails is a summer weight loss camp for kids.
Camp Pocono Trails | P.O. Box 417, Norwood, NJ 07648 | 1-800-365-0556
