Teen Fit Camp

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show_name = Teen Fit Camp


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genre = Reality Show
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country = Australia
language = English
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location = California
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network = Ten
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first_aired = June 2007
last_aired = July 2007
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website = http://ten.com.au/ten/tv_teenfitcamp.html
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"Teen Fit Camp" is an Australian reality show broadcast by Network Ten. It follows a group of overweight Australian teenagers chosen to participate in a special weight loss program.

Philosophy

The philosophy of "Teen Fit Camp" is based on Dr. Daniel Kirschenbaum’s 'The Healthy Obsession Program’. The program has the teenagers self monitoring, eating under 20 grams of fat and achieving at least 10,000 steps a day. [http://ten.com.au/ten/teen-fit-camp-about-the-show.html]

For 56 days the teenagers travel slowly up the Californian coast line camping, participating in outdoor adventure activities, cooking, setting up and packing up their campsite every three days. They then make their way back to a home base every week to make phone calls back to their relatives, get weighed-in, do laundry and prepare for their next camping adventure.

Traveling with the teenagers is a field supervisor, a behavioral coach and three other assistants. The field supervisor leads the activities and facilitates the day to day running of the program. The behavioral coach conducts two group sessions with the teenagers as well as two private sessions.

Broadcast

"Ten Fit Camp" premiered in June 2007 on Ten in the Thursday 7:30pm time slot. However, despite critical acclaim, after several weeks the series was replaced by "Pirate Master" and the remaining episodes were aired during a Sunday afternoon slot.

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