{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Obese Arabs battle the bulge at camp' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d58ed8eafeecae1fc596' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d58ed8eafeecae1fc596' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nObese Arabs battle the bulge at camp\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eLEADIN:              Egypt has a well-documented battle with the bulge - it has the highest rate of obesity in Africa.              But a weight loss camp north of Cairo hopes to attract people from across the region who want to get rid...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              Egypt has a well-documented battle with the bulge - it has the highest rate of obesity in Africa.\u003cbr/\u003e              But a weight loss camp north of Cairo hopes to attract people from across the region who want to get rid of their extra rolls.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              This morning workout pushes the group to their limit and the instructor shows no sign of going easy on them.\u003cbr/\u003e              But sweat and tears are all part of the process - these people have chosen to join the class to help them get fit.\u003cbr/\u003e              CHEFOX is a a fitness and weight loss camp launched in 2014 to help people who are seriously eager to lose weight, stay in shape and change their lifestyle.\u003cbr/\u003e              It was started by Nada Ta'lab who visited a weight loss camp in Europe after struggling with obesity for years.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was one of the people who needed complete isolation, needed someone to look after my food, sleeping hours and workouts during the whole 24 hours of the day as well as life couching and nutrition,\" she explains.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"After that I really wanted to make this model happen inside Egypt and to make Egypt a destination that attracts people from all over the MENA region to get this service instead of travelling abroad.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              She explains that the camps are effective because they offer help and support every step of the way.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We don't give you a programme and leave you to apply it by yourself. Instead we give you your meal with all the nutrients that you need, we make you play more sports than you would have done on your own.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              She also says that being surrounded by people who all have the same goal makes it easier.\u003cbr/\u003e              One of the camp members, Mohamed El-ra'ey, thinks this is the key to the success of the camp.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We are here all together in a close community sharing the same target and on the same project which is weight loss.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Located 15 miles (24 kilometres) north of Cairo, the camp also offers the chance of complete isolation from temptations.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Actually when you are outside there are a lot of temptations, the outings with family or friends are all about food,\" says camp member Rasha el-Sherif, a Jordanian business development manager living in Abu Dhabi.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So I found that this is the right environment where there is a lot of support with people like you. You have to eat only what is served and you have to workout as stated in the programme - that's why I liked the idea because its different and you don't have to resist temptations.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Aside from temptations, Zumba instructor Maggie Balbae says that people also need to gain more confidence in working out.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I've always noticed that overweight people are shy and they don't feel like attending classes or going to the gym because they have an image about there bodies and they don't feel comfortable,\" she explains.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"But here in CHEFOX they help people to break and overcome that image, they motivate people and help them to lose some weight and a percentage of body fat so that people are able to continue what they have started in CHEFOX after they finish the camp.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              The global obesity problem now affects 1 in 10 people in the world, it is rising in countries rich and poor, and in many countries it is increasing faster in children than adults, according to a new study from the New England Journal of Medicine.\u003cbr/\u003e              Egypt has the highest rate of obesity in Africa.\u003cbr/\u003e              Joining the camp costs around 7,000 Egyptian pounds a week (388 US dollars) and the complete cycle is three weeks.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS \u003cbr/\u003e              Cairo - 18 July 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Members of CHEFOX fitness and weight loss camp during outdoor morning workout\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Various of workout\u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nada Ta'lab, CHEFOX owner: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I joined this model outside Egypt, I was one of the people who needed complete isolation, needed someone to look after my food, sleeping hours and workouts during the whole 24 hours of the day as well as life couching and nutrition. After that I really wanted to make this model happen inside Egypt and to make Egypt a destination that attracts people from all over the MENA region to get this service instead of travelling abroad.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Various of kick-boxing class\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nada Ta'lab, CHEFOX owner: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"The difference here is that we are following up with you step by step. We don't give you a programme and leave you to apply it by yourself. Instead we give you your meal with all the nutrients that you need, we make you play more sports than you would have done on your own. Your group here have the same target as you so we will also find a lot of motivation.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of male camp members inside their bedroom\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed El-ra'ey, CHEFOX camp member: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We are here all together in a close community sharing the same target and on the same project which is weight loss. We are all here working on losing weight and seeing results in a short time interval and also to continue on the same healthy lifestyle afterwards.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Various of camp members having lunch\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rasha el-Sherif, Jordanian lives in UAE, business development manager in a university in Abu Dhabi: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Actually when you are outside there are a lot of temptations, the outings with family or friends are all about food, so I found that this is the right environment where there is a lot of support with people like you. You have to eat only what is served and you have to workout as stated in the programme, that's why I liked the idea because it's different and you don't have to resist temptations.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Various of Zumba class\u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maggie Balbae, Zumba instructor: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I've always noticed that overweight people are shy and they don't feel like attending classes or going to the gym because they have an image about there bodies and they don't feel comfortable with it in front of other people. But here in CHEFOX they help people to break and overcome that image, they motivate people and help them to lose some weight and a percentage of body fat so that people are able to continue what they have started in CHEFOX after they finish the camp.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              12. 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