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Fat Camps in Louisiana for Kids

Residents of Louisiana are serious about promoting active bodies and normal weight ranges for their children. Under the inspirational informational series, Lighten Up Louisiana, parents and their children are encouraged to increase their physical activities, eat healthy foods and participate in specific government-sponsored fat camps. The core idea is to build an energetic and healthy current, and future, population. In addition, Louisiana also has private weight loss programs for youngsters.

  1. Pulbic Group Challenge

    • One on-line program, free and available from the government, asks Louisiana's children to accept a team challenge that requires recording statistics for walking activities and for eating fruits and vegetables. Participants form teams of 10 or more and assign themselves an adult leader. Teams keep track of their steps with pedometers or with distance information, and they also record their consumption of healthy foods. For their efforts, the state provides motivational rewards, prizes and drawings. Results are entered under the state website or e-mailed to [email protected]

    Public Individual Program

    • Children and teens may also participate in the state's on-line programs as individuals or with family members. This type of fat camp appeals to shy youngsters or those who prefer personal or less public challenges. These participants can track their fruit and vegetable consumption on the LULY nutrition tracker, and they may also track their walking progress with pedometers or on public or personal routes. A bonus and educational feature is geographical and historical information, provided on the website, on specialized Louisiana Google maps that are available to all users.

    Private Fat Camps

    • Several private summer camps, in various Louisiana locations, focus on overweight children and teens. The purpose of these programs is to dictate a specific amount of time for participants to lose some weight and become more active. These are places to begin the process of losing weight and to teach youngsters how to accomplish their goals, continue and maintain the process after the camp. This type of supervised program also counsels participants about health, nutritional and emotional issues associated with weight reduction.

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