Expert Summer Camps

Summer camp is no longer marshmallows and graham crackers. In 2016 they've taken it to a whole 'nother level. Summer camps all over are now teaching young teens to do expert tasks done by professionals. In Warrington Virginia, high school students put their skills to the test at medical camp. No squeamish campers allowed. The teens do a variety of tasks. From fixing broken bones to learning how to suture a wound. There's a junior lifeguard camp in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Students learn cpr, how to help someone in trouble and how to escape the currents. Police camp in Davenport, Iowa perform police procedure, firearms training and virtual reality scenarios of what a cop might face in the field.

Obesity and Eating Disorders

Obesity is an excessive accumulation of body fat such that individuals are over 20 percent heavier than their ideal body weight. Obesity is a common eating disorder associated with adolescence. "Overweight" is defined as having any excess weight outside of the ideal range. The teen obesity study is showing how to prevent that. The blame is moving away from to teens and on to parents. The study shows that parents who encourage their kids to eat healthier food from a young age lead a healthier life with better eating habits than kids without and also less likely to develop an eating disorder or diabetes. Parents should discourage their kids from dieting, skipping meals, or taking diet pills. Over the past 30 years the rate of child obesity has more than doubled and teen obesity has gone up 4 times