Now there are always programs to help people who want to lose weight to lose weight.  But what about teens?  I mean the number of teens actually gaining serious weight is always growing, obese teens are growing at constant rates now, and frankly speaking the fat camps aren’t enough.  Fat camps like other camps are a temporary trip away from family, friends, old habits, and temptations entirely.  So it makes it extremely easy for them.  However, when they go home, they aren’t really prepared to actually take on the world around them, and this is why I think it really should be coupled with long term diet counseling, and frankly speaking, the whole family should be included in it.  I mean if the whole family is not there to support them, it makes it so much harder.  This being said, I think there could also be local chapters just like there’s local chapters of the YMCA for some kids in certain areas to just get into better situations with their friends in general.  It helps them to feel a certain sense of community.  If the family will not be included in weight loss procedures and so on, why not actually have a community set up where they can actually go for support in their general dieting.