One of the important aspects of ensuring that a child feels comfortable when he or she is being sent to a camp where he or she will be expected to lose weight is to ensure that kids know that it's more important for them to have a healthy body and eating habits than it is to be at a particular weight. When choosing a camp referral service it's important that parents do not hurl around numbers and the like because a child might latch onto that number for far longer than is necessary, especially after he or she has grown older.