Will this be successful?

[##Wardy##]

If I set up a "fat camp" for overweight yet middle class children during school holidays, would it be a success?

I have quite a few spare bedrooms, live on a couple of countryside acres and know more about health and fitness than the majority of so called experts. I can also arrange a good cook no problem.

With the relevant health and safty measures and CRB checks certificated I could be doing some good for the health of the nation and make a tidy sum in return.

Am I on to a winner, or wasting my time?

[Octavius]

Wasting your time. This one only gets a 27% turnout.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/397323.stm

[B00]

Yes pa_ul, it means exactly that- Wardy dislikes peasents.

And no, it'd be a crap idea Wardy, especially if you intilled in them your views on life.

[ummmm]

Probably Paul.....Wardy doesn't like peasants, do you Ward?

As for your idea.....I'd say wasting your time

[##Wardy##]

Different idea octavius.

Firstly I will only have room for about 12 kids and secobdly I would run it more like a military unit as opposed to a huggy huggy approached and addressing their "issues". The issue is they eat too much. I am not a pyschologist!!!

[ummmm]

Snap BOO

[Theland]

Why not give it a go for adults first, (less responsibility), and from what you learn from this process, you would be better able to assess the pros and cons of taking in children.

Don't call it "Fat Camp" though, something a bit more subtle to encourage the customers.

Picking a name for your enterprise would make a good thread in itself, eh?

[joby1]

Are there any middleclass overweight children?? I thought only peasants were obese! Because they only eat junk and chips and can't afford broccoli and smoked salmon!! :-))

[whiffey]

A very unpleasant question. Fortunately it is only fantasy, as with so much else from this member.

[noxlumos]

Yeah Wardy that'd work, pitched right. It's all in the spin... like everything else, and make sure you don't undercharge, the dearer that is the more it'll succeed, with your target clients.

[Octavius]

Well Wardy I still don�t think it would work as a �Fat� Camp. If you are looking for chubby young upper class boys to go and stay with you at your property, so you can dress them up in uniforms and play toy soldiers � perhaps it should be called something else.

Incidentally, they would have issues as you say, so you would probably need counselling skills at the very least � or employ someone who does.

[crete]

content of this question is . just not quite right sorry.

[##Wardy##]

Noxy, you alone here with my idea (this isn't my masterplan as discussed yesterday though)

Oct, I see your point but the whole couselling thing isn't me. If the kids are run ragged up hills and swimmming all day whilst eating loads of fruit surely there problems will fade away in a few weeks.

Naturally as a leader of men, I will instil self esteem and discipline which may help.

[noxlumos]

Actually, all joking aside, he does have a point to a degree. Excercise is excellent for counteracting depression, I know, it's the only thing I use to control my own serious depressive condition. I really do think that cutting through the narkiness and sarkiness on this thread, it might work for some, although not all porblems "fade away" with an improved fitness level, a sense of accomplishment and self esteem never hurt anyone.

[Octavius]

As quoted in the article I linked above Wardy:

Professor Nick Finer, of the Obesity Research Centre based at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Bedfordshire, said: "You have to consider the psychological effects of sending your child away to such a place.

"Society already discriminates against fat people and I'm concerned that children might see being sent to these camps as a punishment for being fat."

I�m not convinced you have the right credentials or morals to have obese children residing in your vicinity. Rich or poor.

[##Wardy##]

And the only investment I need noxy is a website, a bit of advertising and some bunk beds.

I was thinking full board and insurance at �400 per week. Does that sound about right?