WellBalance Weight Loss Camp for Kids & Teens Promotes National Childrens Mental Health Awareness Week

Asheville, NC (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 WellBalance, a leading adolescent and adult health & wellness organization that operates fitness, health, and wei

Parents can set weight loss camp kids up for failure in sports

Asheville, NC (PRWEB) May 08, 2012

WellBalance, a leading adolescent and adult health & wellness organization that operates fitness, health, and weight loss camps for kids and teens aged 10-20 is supporting the 2012 National Childrens Mental Health Awareness Week. An event organized by the National Federation of Families for Childrens Mental Health, National Childrens Mental Health Awareness Week emphasizes youth overcoming trauma.

In observance of this week-long event, WellBalance fitness and weight loss camps are modifying the Motivation chapters of the ME Plan, the scientifically-based Motivate & Educate program that weight loss campers and alumni use to develop lifelong habits that are needed for healthy living. WellBalance will expand on the behavioral curriculum in the ME Plan to help weight loss campers overcome barriers to healthy living, while also developing coping strategies that will lead to a higher degree of wellness.

Children's mental health week is a very important week for stigmatized obese children and teens, said Dr. Eli Puterman, researcher in behavioral medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, and a member of the WellBalance Scientific Advisory Board. There's a large body of research that says that obese children and adolescents are at greater risk for low self esteem, which then places them at increased risk of future depression, anxiety, more disordered eating, and other mental health problems as they mature through their teens and adults. Breaking this cycle of obesity, self esteem and mental health is important to have today's children free from mental and physical health problems.

The National Federation of Families for Childrens Mental Health began National Childrens Mental Health Awareness Week was created by The National Federation of Families for Childrens Mental Health to raise awareness and to highlight childrens mental health issues.

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