Globesity. Fat's New Frontier
Description
Not so long ago, countries like Mexico, India, and China counted malnutrition as a major health concern. Today, hundreds of millions of people in these countries are coping with obesity and its associated diseases, growing fatter, and at a faster rate, than Americans. This program explores the shocking explosion of global obesity and examines its links to increasing wealth and changing diets. The video travels to Mexico, where two-thirds of the population is overweight due to the popularity of soft drinks; to Brazil, where cheap, highly processed foods are found in even the most remote areas; to India, where a combination of better wages and genetic predisposition has experts predicting a diabetes epidemic; and to China, where a new middle class consumes more sugar and fat, and far more often, than ever before.
Runtime
60 min
Subjects
- Nutritionally induced diseases (32)
- Cultural geography (235)
- Population (248)
- Food supply (151)
- Food industry and trade (258)
- Obesity (111)
- Public health (338)
- Food (360)
- Social ecology (250)
- Nutrition disorders (11)
- Health (2879)
- Medicine (401)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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