Fitness camp weight loss for teens is challenging as counselors must deal not only with eating issues but also with the rolling emotional highs and lows common to the teenage years.
For obese teens, additional counseling is often recommended by doctors who are trying to establish the reason for a teen’s weight problem. Clearly, overeating is the core problem but for teens the reason for weight gain may be more complex.
Obesity can have many causes:
* family problems
* peer problems
* low self esteem
* depression
* lack of exercise
* poor food choices
* overeating due to emotional problems
* family history (genetic link)
* steroids and some medications used to treat emotional problems
* medical problems such as thyroid disease
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