Comments on: Weight-Loss Camp http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ambertondreau http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-533215 Ambertondreau Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:16:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-533215 After viewing these pictures, and reading a few of the comments below from past campers, I was truly disgusted by this article. First off, how can you say that these girls are finding camaraderie and self-worth in a camp that excepts girls who are barely overweight? These "popular" girls are popular because they are still thin. What is needed for girls who are outside the traditional view of beauty in America is a place where they truly are accepted for being the beautiful person they are. A place that teaches them healthy applicable lifestyle changes. It needs to teach them about hygiene, healthy eating, good sleeping habits, natural beauty regimens, and most of all how to feel beautiful and strong in the body you were given. I don't see how a few photos of select thin girls makes fat camp a healthy place to send developing young women. Fat camps like these perpetuate looksism and exacerbates body image problems already so prevalent in our society. After viewing these pictures, and reading a few of the comments below from past campers, I was truly disgusted by this article. First off, how can you say that these girls are finding camaraderie and self-worth in a camp that excepts girls who are barely overweight? These “popular” girls are popular because they are still thin. What is needed for girls who are outside the traditional view of beauty in America is a place where they truly are accepted for being the beautiful person they are. A place that teaches them healthy applicable lifestyle changes. It needs to teach them about hygiene, healthy eating, good sleeping habits, natural beauty regimens, and most of all how to feel beautiful and strong in the body you were given. I don’t see how a few photos of select thin girls makes fat camp a healthy place to send developing young women. Fat camps like these perpetuate looksism and exacerbates body image problems already so prevalent in our society.

]]> By: JK http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-507796 JK Wed, 25 May 2011 10:06:27 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-507796 Most of the blame for the "obesity epidemic" as well as the "autism epidemic" falls squarely on the prior generation of excess-indulging parents. Since when was going through your 20's drinking, smoking, sleeping little and poorly, overconsuming processed garbage and stimulants, either not exercising or exercising to exhaustion, and taking sexually/genetically damaging pharmaceuticals like Zoloft a good foundation for breeding let alone breeding after 30 which is when society presses future parents to have their children lest they be unsuccessful, "replaced" at work, or not have enough funds for their child's college education in 20 years or for retirement. These children are the product of a broken, ignorant, selfish society that have no sense of how epigenetics or the body really work due in large part to a medical establishment that has no damn clue either. Take a gander into Traditional Chinese Medicine and you'll begin to realize how backwards and utterly stupid preventative and "it's your genetics" medicine is in the West. Most of the blame for the “obesity epidemic” as well as the “autism epidemic” falls squarely on the prior generation of excess-indulging parents. Since when was going through your 20′s drinking, smoking, sleeping little and poorly, overconsuming processed garbage and stimulants, either not exercising or exercising to exhaustion, and taking sexually/genetically damaging pharmaceuticals like Zoloft a good foundation for breeding let alone breeding after 30 which is when society presses future parents to have their children lest they be unsuccessful, “replaced” at work, or not have enough funds for their child’s college education in 20 years or for retirement. These children are the product of a broken, ignorant, selfish society that have no sense of how epigenetics or the body really work due in large part to a medical establishment that has no damn clue either. Take a gander into Traditional Chinese Medicine and you’ll begin to realize how backwards and utterly stupid preventative and “it’s your genetics” medicine is in the West.

]]> By: Manuel http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-440835 Manuel Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:08:26 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-440835 Sorry I don't have time to research primary sources. "Therapeutic weight loss, in individuals who are overweight or obese, can decrease the likelihood of developing diseases such as diabetes,[5] heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, osteoarthritis,[6] and certain types of cancer." "Attention to diet in particular can be beneficial in reducing the impact of diabetes and other health risks of an overweight or obese individual." "Weight loss occurs when an individual is in a state of negative energy balance: when the body is exerting more energy (i.e. in work and metabolism) than it is consuming (i.e. from food or other nutritional supplements), it will use stored reserves from fat or muscle, gradually leading to weight loss." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_loss Sorry I don’t have time to research primary sources.

“Therapeutic weight loss, in individuals who are overweight or obese, can decrease the likelihood of developing diseases such as diabetes,[5] heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, osteoarthritis,[6] and certain types of cancer.”

“Attention to diet in particular can be beneficial in reducing the impact of diabetes and other health risks of an overweight or obese individual.”

“Weight loss occurs when an individual is in a state of negative energy balance: when the body is exerting more energy (i.e. in work and metabolism) than it is consuming (i.e. from food or other nutritional supplements), it will use stored reserves from fat or muscle, gradually leading to weight loss.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_loss

]]> By: Manuel http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-440833 Manuel Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:06:40 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-440833 So, you're stating that the millions of people around the world who has change their lifestyle producing weight loss do not exist? So, you’re stating that the millions of people around the world who has change their lifestyle producing weight loss do not exist?

]]> By: adamson http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-202763 adamson Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:24:55 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-202763 You may have a complex, and it's not right to spread opinions like that to younger people that may not understand that what you're saying here is not fact. You may have a complex, and it’s not right to spread opinions like that to younger people that may not understand that what you’re saying here is not fact.

]]> By: GIRL CULTURE » Sociological Images http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-151043 GIRL CULTURE » Sociological Images Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:44:37 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-151043 [...] visit our post on Lauren Greenfield’s pictures from weight loss camp where we suggest, controversially if you read the comments, that maybe it’s no more [...] [...] visit our post on Lauren Greenfield’s pictures from weight loss camp where we suggest, controversially if you read the comments, that maybe it’s no more [...]

]]> By: james woods http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-150086 james woods Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:10 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-150086 that is very ewwwwwwwwy :) love you xoxoxoxox that is very ewwwwwwwwy :) love you xoxoxoxox

]]> By: Mary McGuire http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-147868 Mary McGuire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:59:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-147868 Well said Josie! A twelve year old with more sense that most of the adults posting here. Well said Josie! A twelve year old with more sense that most of the adults posting here.

]]> By: Mary McGuire http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-147864 Mary McGuire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:56:26 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-147864 Perhaps you have become so used to the fact that so many young people are over weight that you think that these kids are "mildly Over weight". Only 30 years ago you would a found one in a hundred kids of these proportions.Remember they are in the prime of their lives. It doesn't get any easier. The responsibility for this must lie with lazy parenting and probably a lack of compulsory exercise at school. Perhaps you have become so used to the fact that so many young people are over weight that you think that these kids are “mildly Over weight”. Only 30 years ago you would a found one in a hundred kids of these proportions.Remember they are in the prime of their lives. It doesn’t get any easier. The responsibility for this must lie with lazy parenting and probably a lack of compulsory exercise at school.

]]> By: josie http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-123233 josie Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:24:11 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-123233 I am a 12 year old girl and weigh 196 pounds and was hoping to go to weight loss camp this summer. i think it is stupid that most of the people who posted stuff on here are saying that fat camp is "over rated". i do not get why they are mad about how many calories they get or how much exersice they do. i mean how else are they goin to lose weight? eating 5000 calories a day and doing 5 minutes of arobics and then sleeping? I am a 12 year old girl and weigh 196 pounds and was hoping to go to weight loss camp this summer. i think it is stupid that most of the people who posted stuff on here are saying that fat camp is “over rated”. i do not get why they are mad about how many calories they get or how much exersice they do. i mean how else are they goin to lose weight? eating 5000 calories a day and doing 5 minutes of arobics and then sleeping?

]]> By: Thoughts on Fat Camp? http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-76847 Thoughts on Fat Camp? Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:54:39 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-76847 [...] folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding fat camp. I had some experiences with fat camp when I was [...] [...] folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding fat camp. I had some experiences with fat camp when I was [...]

]]> By: Would You Go to a Fit Camp? | A Curvy Diva http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-59232 Would You Go to a Fit Camp? | A Curvy Diva Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:43:32 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-59232 [...] thought popped in my mind again when I read this post on weight loss camp. If I was the girl in the panties I’d be pretty upset that someone not only took a picture, [...] [...] thought popped in my mind again when I read this post on weight loss camp. If I was the girl in the panties I’d be pretty upset that someone not only took a picture, [...]

]]> By: Thoughts on Fat Camp? - Test Blog http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-49757 Thoughts on Fat Camp? - Test Blog Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:20:39 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-49757 [...] on Fat Camp? Jun.05, 2009 in Sample Hey folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding Fat camp. I had some experiences with Fat camp when I was [...] [...] on Fat Camp? Jun.05, 2009 in Sample Hey folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding Fat camp. I had some experiences with Fat camp when I was [...]

]]> By: Thoughts on Fat Camp? | Fatty Americans http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-31158 Thoughts on Fat Camp? | Fatty Americans Wed, 06 May 2009 00:34:20 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-31158 [...] folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding fat camp. I had some experiences with fat camp when I was [...] [...] folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding fat camp. I had some experiences with fat camp when I was [...]

]]> By: Thoughts on Fat Camp? | Dietary Disaster http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/10/weight-loss-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-24701 Thoughts on Fat Camp? | Dietary Disaster Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:44:17 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8282#comment-24701 [...] folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding fat camp. I had some experiences with fat camp when I was [...] [...] folks! withoutscene gave me a heads up to this article over at Sociological Images regarding fat camp. I had some experiences with fat camp when I was [...]

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