The Results of the “My Challenge” Camp in Addressing Childhood Obesity

Abstract

This article presents the development, implementation and results of the project “An interdisciplinary approach to the treatment of overweight children” under the name “My Challenge” camp. It is a 2-week multidisciplinary programme involving a physician, a dietitian, a psychologist, an occupational therapist or physiotherapist and a kinesiologist. The children stay in camp for 2 weeks and are actively involved in the daily preparation of healthy meals, participate in cooking workshops and interactive nutrition lessons, and are active outdoors throughout the programme.

Keywords

• diets
• food
• nutrition
• health promotion
• childhood obesity
• overweight
• diete
• hrana
• prehrana
• spodbujanje zdravja
• debelost v otroštvu
• prekomerna telesna
• masa