Reality TV - Teen Fit Camp - Australian Teens

-Kelly- · 05-17-2007, 08:51 PM

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TEN's new factual series Teen Fit Camp will premiere at 7:30pm Thursday May 31.

Formerly titled as Teen Fat Camp, the series will feature six young Australian aged 15 - 18, four girls and two boys.
The six travel to the Wellspring Camp in California and join seven young Americans in battling obesity.

The six weigh between 90kg and a worrying 161kg.

In this series the teenagers aren't voted out but participate in physial activities and dieting for 56 days.

Since this is airing soon, I thought I would open a thread up.
I'm planning to watch this show

It starts on May the 31st @ 7:30pm

MiSaKimz · 05-18-2007, 04:29 AM

I'll definitely be watching this. I think it might have the edge over Biggest Loser, and be possibly more inspiring, especially since teens might see the struggle to get thin as harder, because they haven't experienced other struggles.. therefore.. hmm, did that make sense? Look forward to seeing what its like

-Kelly- · 05-19-2007, 07:36 AM

I just found this.

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Fat camp 'horribly damaging'

By Hannah Davies and Suellen Hinde

May 20, 2007 01:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun

OBESE teenagers taking part in a new weight-loss show could be left psychologically scarred, health experts warn.

Channel 10's Teen Fit Camp will follow the journey of six obese Australian teenagers at an American boot camp, where food is controlled and exercise is unavoidable.

The show was titled Teen Fat Camp, but was changed to avoid controversy.

Dieticians and psychologists say the show is exploiting overweight youngsters for the sake of entertainment.

The teenagers have only eight weeks to shape up, by eating 1200 calories, under 20g of fat and achieving at least 10,000 steps a day.

Among them is Victorian teenager Sam, 15, who is morbidly obese, weighing 161kg - the heaviest contestant.

His parents are divorced and fear their son's weight will continue to escalate until he is bedridden.
"I have pretty much been teased most of my life about my weight," Ballarat boy Sam said.

"I would really just like to be seen as something other than a fat loser."

But after a short time at the camp Sam breaks down: "I don't care if I went home and gained 200kg and died."

Melbourne psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg believes this style of television programme is dangerous for the contestants: "I am sick to death of reality programmes exploiting anxieties of young people instead of providing them with accurate, up-to-date information to deal with the problem . . . one of the greatest anxieties of teenagers is body image."

Nutritionist Anthony Power said the show would be "horribly damaging" for the teenagers.

"These children are pawns in a money-making exercise and they will be damaged by it in years to come."

But Channel 10 defended the show, saying it will help young people learn how to deal with obesity issues and develop self-esteem.

A spokesman said: "The teenagers and their parents participated after years of searching for answers to their problems."

Dieticians and psychologists are worrying about nothing

it's silly

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