Summary: In response to the widely seen documentary Super Size Me, this video follows two college students as they eat only fast food for a month-losing weight and lowering their cholesterol levels in the process. The trick? Aaron and Ellen stay within portion sizes appropriate for their body types. The experiment was organized and documented by Dr. James Painter of Eastern Illinois University's School...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Food has taken on so many meanings over the ages that we often forget what it really is: a source of chemical energy. This program takes a scientific look at food, showing how people and animals capture nutrients while revealing some disturbing eating habits with hidden benefits. After a look at the importance of fire and yeast in early culinary history, viewers experience "molecular...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: A soda or sugary juice drink-that's how most teenagers satisfy thirst. Help them make healthier choices with this entertaining, information-packed video. It uses a fast-paced, teen-friendly format to address the enormous role that beverages play in America's growing obesity problem. Topics covered include the effect of beverages on weight gain, beverage size, the dangers of both regular and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Every year, a new diet fad offers fresh hope to the overweight. But when the weight returns or refuses to budge, millions of hapless consumers simply jump on the next diet bandwagon. This documentary explores the machinations of media and diet empires that have fed, and continue to feed, off the Western obsession with slim and trim. With a fascinating historical overview of fad dieting,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007