When I was at class last year there was a young girl there with her dad, she was weighed every week but the emphasis was clearly on weight maintenance while she grows into her weight rather than weight loss, although she did lose the odd pound every now and again, I think they have to have more healthy extras though than the rest of us and yes it was all about making healthy choices, I think its a fab idea, my daughter is 10 and I wish she was old enough to go, as she does need to lose about 10lbs really, she follows it with me at home mostly so I don't see the difference