AWARDS - Camp Jump Start

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Awards

2006

“Best Practice”

National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality

2006

Young Professional Award

American Camp Association

2004

“Best Practice”

Cooper Institute

Accomplishments

2017

“Weighed Down-Finding Hope
For Childhood obesity”

EMMY AWARD WINNING

PBS DOCUMENTARY

2016

“Did you even think about me?
Letters of Hurt and Healing”

Book

Author:  Jean Huelsing RN

2007

“Assessing changes in anthropometrics and other physical fitness measures in response to a four-week residential weight loss camp”

Research abstract presentation

Dallas, Texas

2005

“A comprehensive, year-round weight management program for obese children”

Research Abstract Presentation

Presented at American Camp Association National Convention

Chicago, Illinois

“What’s Love Got To Do With It”

2002

“Fat Like Me” Documentary

Provide Background Information

Hosted by New York film crew in New York

Peer-reviewed Articles

2013

“Baseline Lipids and Weight Loss among Youth are Associated With Ad36 Antibody Status”

Jillon S. Vander Wal, Jean Huelsing, Olga Dubuisson, Nikhil V. Dhurandhar

2010

“Camp Jump Start: Effects of a Comprehensive Residential Summer Health and Fitness Camp for Older Children and Adolescents”

Jean Huelsing, R.N., Nadim Kanafani, M.D., Jingnan Mao, Neil White, M.D

2008

“Assessing changes in anthropometrics and other physical fitness measures in response to a four-week residential weight loss camp.”

Ashley Glade, SPT; Susan Racette, PhD and Jean Huelsing RN, BSN, MEd.

RELATED ARTICLES by and about

1997

“The Woman on the Ground”

Nursing ‘97

2003

“Program Empowers Health Care Students”

Suburban Journals

2004

“Parents join kids at Fitness Camp”

Wall Street Journal

2004

“New Weight-loss camp for kids set up”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

2004

“Lifestyles”

St. Louis Journals

2004

“Jump Start Campers Work Hard to Shape Up”

The Southern Illinois

2004

“Our Overweight Kids: A Supersized Crisis”

Special 8-page Section– St. Louis Post-Dispatch

2005

“Lose Weight, Gain Confidence”

ChicagoParent

2005

“The Joys of Camp Nursing”

Advance Greater Chicago/Wisconsin/Indiana

2005

“The Cafeteria Conundrum”

ChicagoParent

2006

“Camp Jump Start Helping Overweight Children”

CompassPoint

2006

“Giving Kids A Jump Start”

St. Louis Nursing News

2006

“Weighty Matters”

ChicagoParent

2007

“Teen Wanted More Than Weight Loss”

YoungSt.Louis.com

2007

“The Growing Problem of Childhood Obesity”

Consumer Digest

2007

“Camp Jump-starts Struggle Against Obesity”

St. Charles Journal

2007

“Weight Loss Camp for Kids-Teens trade pounds for self-esteem At the camp that offer tools for lasting success”

www.msn.com/health

2007

“Losing to Gain”

The Leader

2008

“La salud empieza en la juventud. Ponga a sus hijos en movimiento ahora”

Destinacion Campamento

2009

“Camp Fosters Independence”

West Newsmagazine

2009

Women Making Their Mark

St. Louis WOMAN magazine

2009

Huelsing Profile

Suburban Journals

2010

“Propósito de Año Nuevo: ¡Qué este sea el año más sano de sus hijos”

Destinacion Campamento

2010

“Getting A Jump Start on Healthy Living”

St. Louis Business Journal

March 2016

Top 10 Questions to Ask a Weight Loss Camp Director

Health and Wellness Magazine

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April 2016

Jumping-Off Point

Ladue News Feature

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April 2016

Food as Medicine

Health and Wellness Magazine

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May 2016

Hypertension

Health and Wellness Magazine

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June 2016

Men’s Health Month Is a Family Affair

Health and Wellness Magazine

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July 2016

Childhood Obesity

Health and Wellness Magazine

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August 2016

New School Year Resolutions

Health and Wellness Magazine

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September 2016

Cholesterol-Know Your Numbers and How They Are Trending

Health and Wellness Magazine

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October 2016

Is It Safe For My Child To Be A Vegetarian

Health and Wellness Magazine

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November 2016

How a Mom Can Make A Difference

Health and Wellness Magazine

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December 2016

Giving Back-Teaching Children Philanthropy

Health and Wellness Magazine

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January 2017

Make Your New Year’s HEALTH RESOLUTION LAST

Health and Wellness Magazine

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 Invited Book Reviews

2009

Teenage Waistland

by Abby Ellin

2007

Dr.Susan’s Kids-Only Weight Loss Guide

Dr. Susan Bartell

2006

Winning the Weight War

Dr. Gillian Moore-Groake

Inclusion in books

2017

Divorce:  Did You Even Think About Me?  Letters of Hurt and Healing

by Jean Huelsing

2010

America’s Cookie Kids: Die gesellschaftliche Situation übergewichtiger Heranwachsender in den USA (German Edition)

by Caroline Belz