How Wellspring Compares to Other Weight Loss Plans

Before finding Wellspring Pennsylvania, many campers have tried other ways to lose weight—like joining a sports team, trying a diet, or maybe even trying a traditional weight loss camp (commonly referred to as a “fat camp”).

Wellspring Pennsylvania differs from these other methods in significant ways:

1. Wellspring Pennsylvania is comprehensive and integrated, combining a healthy diet that is easy to maintain at home, new activities that are easy to measure to gauge progress, and training to improve self-regulatory skills and motivation for continued success.
2. A proven, scientific approach to fitness and weight loss, the Wellspring Plan is based on decades of experience and research on what science has shown works for initial and long-term success.
3. Renowned results presented at international conferences and covered by media organizations around the world: average weight loss of 4.25 lbs per week with 70% of campers maintaining or continuing weight loss at home.
4. A small, personalized camp experience for memories and friendships to last a lifetime.

While there are many large co-ed diet and traditional weight loss camps in the Poconos, Pennsylvania and New York, none of these camps is likely to make a material difference in your child’s weight. If you are considering one of these programs, ask about their outcomes.

If your child is struggling with his or her weight, wouldn’t it be better to have a great, fun summer, and also resolve your child’s weight issue once and for all?

At Wellspring Pennsylvania we think about the long term. Losing weight at camp is great, but if that’s all there is, then the program is simply a fat camp. Ultimately, it’s what happens when campers return home that really matters.

In February 2007, the publication Consumers Digest reviewed weight loss camps and profiled Wellspring programs. Consumers Digest concluded that Wellspring Camps are more effective than traditional weight loss programs.

10 Questions to Ask if You’re Considering Weight Loss Camp

If you’re thinking about weight loss camp this summer, think about asking these questions to make sure it is more then just a fat camp in Pennsylvania:

1. What was last year’s average weekly weight loss at Camp?
2. What are the camp’s long-term results? What percentage of campers maintain or continue weight loss at home?
3. Who designed the weight loss program? What are their credentials? Is the program design scientifically based? Or is it simply a fat camp?
4. Is counseling or behave or modification offered? By credentialed therapists?
5. If so, do the therapists work full time at the camp during the summer? Does each camper have an individual therapist assigned to him or her? Do therapists continue to work with campers after campers return home?
6. How are families involved?
7. How many campers return each year? Did they regain weight? Will new campers feel left out because of cliques from prior years?
8. How large is the Camp? Is it a manageable size where the Camp Director knows each and every camper?
9. Can we talk to several families of campers who have maintained or continued weight loss from last summer?
10. Does the camp demonstrate improvements in self-esteem and overall well-being?