Jul 31, 2008 (Talk of the Nation) — When author Stephanie Klein was a chubby middle-schooler, all the boys called her "Moose." After a consultation with the local nutritionist (aka "the fat doctor") Klein was sent to weight-loss camp, where she spent her summers with other teenagers struggling to slim down.
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A page from Stephanie Klein's "fat camp" scrapbook. ()
My Summers At 'Fat Camp'
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"I hated school. I hated the reflection in the mirror," Klein tells guest host Lynn Neary. "I wanted so much to be someone else. ... I thought that if I was thinner, the rest of my life would change."
Klein reflects on fat camp experiences — getting weighed on a meat scale and "chunky dunking" in the lake — and recalls the camaraderie she felt with her fellow campers.
"All of us were, you know, ridiculed ... whether it was [by] our parents or our peers." Klein says. "Once we got to camp, we realized that we had that commonality — not just the weight, but how we were received."
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