title: A summer camp for childhood obesity in Thailand.
abstract: The results of a 4-week summer camp for childhood obesity were reported. Twenty-one children with moderate to severe obesity, aged between 8-13 years, joined the program. Dietary restriction during the official hours and dietary self-control at home were implemented throughout the program. Exercise, swimming and group therapy were also implemented throughout the program. Weekly sight-seeing outside the camp was very interesting for the participants. After the program, all participants had lost weight which was about 5 per cent of their initial weight. Most of the weight loss was due to loss of body fat but not lean body mass. No complications occurred during the program. The 4-week summer camp is then practical for initiating weight loss for obese children. Long-term follow-up which is underway will be reported later.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jirapinyo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Limsathayourat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wongarn
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Limsathayourat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bunnag
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chockvivatvanit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002165:Camping; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013785:Thailand; D015431:Weight Loss