Camp Shane - As Seen On TV Weight Loss Success Stories

MTV's "MADE" In order to jumpstart Richie's transformation, his team sends him to a weight-loss camp for teens called Camp Shane. At Camp Shane, Richie makes a connection with another camper named Chrissy, and he experiences a lot of firsts with her. First relationship, kiss, and break-up, that is. Also, Richie loses eight pounds while at camp. Click Here to View the Slide Show

Dr. Phil featured a show on childhood obesity. The show talks about one boys struggle with his weight. Dr. Phil felt compelled to help, so he called in the experts "Camp Shane".

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MTV's "True Life" filmed several teens at their homes and at Camp Shane. The film shows how difficult life is for these kids and how coming to Camp Shane really helped change their lives.

Barbara Walters
called this "an inspirational story".

20/20

ABC's "20/20" had a feature story filmed at Camp Shane called "Growing Up Fat".

20/20
John Stossel said "Life at school is often lousy...
here is an oasis."

A&E- Investigative Reports - "The Supersize Generation: Kids and Obesity".

A&E Investigative Reports / Newsweek

Newsweek filmed several children and teens at their homes and schools. The film shows how difficult life is for overweight kids-and how coming to Camp Shane really helped them.

TIME MAGAZINE - "Staying Healthy -Too heavy, too young". The story features photo of Camp Shane in action-stretching, exercising, getting measured and relaxing by the pool

Photos and interviews of three Camp Shane campers appeared in the "What they were thinking" feature of the New York Times Magazine

SALLY - Sally hears from lots of kids who are suffering because of their weight. But when she received a letter from a kid asking Sally if she could help her go to Camp Shane-Sally called us

BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
A team of filmmakers lived at Camp Shane for several weeks. The documentary was shown throughout Europe and illustrates how successful this program can be.

DSC-The learning Channel - "Modern Medical Mysteries". Highlights how dangerous the health problems are for overweight people. The program shows how Camp Shane helps with weight loss, nutrition education and building self-esteem. As they put it, "The message is clear-we care about you".

SUNDANCE CHANNEL - featured film "Taking off", a documentary examining the intimate emotions and difficulties overweight girls share. The film shows how important the support network developed from friendships made at Camp Shane becomes in their life at home.

JAPANESE, SWEDISH, DUTCH, AUSTRALIAN, and ENGLISH TV - we not only have campers from across the globe, we often are featured by international media.