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CAMPS
Kamp K’aana, a weight management camp created by a partnership
between specialists at Texas Children’s Hospital and Camp Cho-Yeh,
runs this year from Aug. 2 to 16. Designed specifically for kids
ages 10 through 14, the camp allows kids to build self esteem
through fun-based activities. As a side effect, they also lose
weight.
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During the two-week
session, campers will participate in swimming, water slides,
canoeing, pedal karts, horseback riding, ropes courses, weight
training and other field activities. Specialists in nutrition,
behavior therapy, psychology, pediatric medicine and exercise
physiology will be on hand to guide the activities and to administer
medical care, if needed.
Three reunions at 3-months, 6-months and one-year intervals help the
kids renew friendships, share new information and keep motivation
high. Families sending multiple children get a 5 percent discount.
Scholarships are available for Medicaid or CHIP families.
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Campers enjoying one of the many
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Kamp K’aana is located on the grounds of Camp Cho-Yeh, a 690 acre
pine forest in Livingston, Texas. Contact the Center for Childhood
Obesity at Texas Children's Hospital at 832-822-4780, for more
information.
Our research shows that
campers lose about nine pounds over a two week session – but the
changes they make to their lifestyle carry on past camp. Even one
year later, children who attended Kamp K’aana show a positive change
in their Body Mass Index (BMI). Not only do their weights improve,
children report better self-esteem as well. Kamp K’aana is the
beginning of healthy living for many of our campers and their
families.
Download this year's
application. Deadline July 6, 2009.
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Held at the beginning of every summer at the Camp For All facility in Burton, TX, Camp Survived It All, (known
by staff and patients as Camp SIA) was established to give Texas Children’s
gastrointestinal (GI) patients the opportunity to meet other
children with GI diseases. Campers diagnoses include Crohn’s
disease, ulcerative colitis and hepatitis. Some of the campers have had liver transplants.
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Canoeing at Camp Survived It All |
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The camp provides an opportunity for
patients to discuss medical issues with other kids who have similar medical
concerns. Many times, their other friends don’t understand what life is like for them.
It's often difficult for patients to deal with strict regimens for
medication, experience uncomfortable and often embarrassing
symptoms, and explain their condition to others.
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| At Camp SIA, patients can forget their self-consciousness and interact with each other like typical kids. Parents and campers don’t have to worry about medical issues
because the camp has a full medical staff with at least one nurse in every cabin and a doctor available 24 hours a day.
Camp SIA activities include canoeing, kayaking, swimming, fishing, horseback riding, rope climbing,
and zip line.
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