Fat camp isn’t fun—we’re guessing—but it was a fun theme for a party for a book on the topic, Abby Ellin’s Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs in on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (and Can’t) Help (Public Affairs Books). Skipping the veggies and health drinks, Andy Morris & Company and Gotham magazine held an intentionally campy and indulgent event. (Morris is a friend of the author, who also contributes to Gotham.) Guests were invited to weigh themselves on a doctor’s scale from Props for Today and partake of pastries from Ceci-Cela Patisserie and glazed donuts from Krispy Kreme. Spa Chicks on-the-Go provided hand massages with food-scented creams, like Essie’s Smoothie creams, and Jaqua Girls’ hot chocolate and marshmallow creams. And Klein Creative Communications stuffed pillowcases with a selection of lighthearted gifts that included Jenny Craig cheese curls, candy, chocolate chip bars, chocolates with macadamia nuts—even a can of instant tie-dye.
—Mark Mavrigian
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Wendy Kaufman—a k a the Snapple lady—was among the guests who weighed themselves at the party for Abby Ellin’s Teenage Waistland.

Klein Creative Communications stuffed pillowcases with gifts—a sort of fat camp survival kit—that contained candy, cheese curls, and a tie-dye kit.

Using food-scented hand creams Spa Chicks on-the-Go gave guests hand massages.

Guests could indulge in pastry swans from Ceci Cela Patisserie.