CULINARY EDUCATION
Wellspring Australia campers learn to cook the same very low-fat, low calorie-density meals we eat at camp so when they return home, they have the skills and motivation to continue to follow the same meal plan.
Although Wellspring meals are simple, they are very healthy, not to mention delicious. Campers are excited to take charge of shopping and cooking when they return home.
NUTRITION EDUCATION
At Wellspring Australia, campers experience a nutrition education programme unlike anything they have done previously. Most campers will have had basic nutrition education and understand the basics of vitamins, minerals, calories, protein and the like. What they do not know are the keys to losing weight and keeping it off.
Wellspring’s renowned nutrition education programme provides campers with the fundamentals to become successful long-term weight controllers.
Campers learn:
When a diet does and does not have a scientific basis
- What is meant by scientific credentials – when to trust someone, and when someone is taking undue advantage of their doctor’s coat
- The science of weight gain – why it’s so easy to gain, and so hard to lose
- What scientific research shows about weight loss
- What scientific research shows about successful long-term weight control
- Dissecting fad diets – finding some kernels of science, but mostly empty promises
- Restaurant training – training on ordering in restaurants followed by a trip to a restaurant
- Grocery store training – activities and exercises in grocery stores
