How Wellspring Compares to Fat Camps
and Other Weight Loss Plans
While there are other weight loss summer programmes that are effective in helping students achieve temporary weight loss, Wellspring UK is Britain’s only weight loss programme that changes behaviour so the weight loss is sustained and continued at home.
Before finding Wellspring, many students have tried many other ways to lose weight—joining a sports team, trying a diet, or maybe even trying a traditional weight loss camp (commonly referred to as a “fat camp”). Wellspring differs from these other methods in significant ways:
- Wellspring 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.
- 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.
- Renowned results presented at international conferences and covered by media organizations around the world: average weight loss of 4.0 lbs per week with 70% of students maintaining or continuing weight loss at home.
- A small, personalized camp experience for memories and friendships to last a lifetime.
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 we think about the long-term. Losing weight at a fat camp, boot camp, or after-school programme is great, but ultimately, it’s what happens when students return home that really matters. If the approach isn’t intensive, immersive, and based on behavioural training to help students change their lifestyle, the programme likely won’t work long-term. Wellspring is based on what science has shown works for weight loss, and we have thousands who have benefited from this experience.
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. To read this article, click here.
