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Fat Fiction

Whyis it that Americans keep getting fatter in spite ofgovernment efforts ranging from...

[Cynthia Mcmadden] Why
is it that Americans keep getting fatter in spite of
government efforts ranging from calorie posting to
new school lunch program?

Full Transcript

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- [Cynthia Mcmadden] Why is it that Americans keep
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getting fatter in spite of government efforts ranging
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from calorie posting to new school lunch program?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:59
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad for us.
- [Gary Taubes] A lot of things with science is about - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Gary Taubes] A lot of things with science is about
In this case, it sounded reasonable but happened - Fat Fiction 00:05
In this case, it sounded reasonable but happened
- I'm not happy about a lot of years of being - Fat Fiction 00:16
- I'm not happy about a lot of years of being
The list of side effects were longer than your arm - Fat Fiction 00:07
The list of side effects were longer than your arm
And certainly, didn't help at all with weight. - Fat Fiction 00:06
And certainly, didn't help at all with weight.
- [Dr. Mark] Judi has struggled with type 2 diabetes most - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Dr. Mark] Judi has struggled with type 2 diabetes most
When she was a teenager, he died from complications - Fat Fiction 00:04
When she was a teenager, he died from complications
Judi's tried for decades - Fat Fiction 00:05
Judi's tried for decades
- When I did everything they told me to do, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- When I did everything they told me to do,
- [News Anchor] This health epidemic - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [News Anchor] This health epidemic
- Americans are not winning their battle over obesity. - Fat Fiction 00:04
- Americans are not winning their battle over obesity.
- Obesity among children doubled over the past two decades. - Fat Fiction 00:05
- Obesity among children doubled over the past two decades.
- [Dr. Mark] Today, 75% of the country is overweight - Fat Fiction 00:10
- [Dr. Mark] Today, 75% of the country is overweight
- Type 2 diabetes is crushing us financially, crushing us. - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Type 2 diabetes is crushing us financially, crushing us.
- It currently costs a person with diabetes - Fat Fiction 00:08
- It currently costs a person with diabetes
- Direct cost to our healthcare system - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Direct cost to our healthcare system
- There isn't enough money in the healthcare system - Fat Fiction 00:06
- There isn't enough money in the healthcare system
- The cost in terms of money is huge, - Fat Fiction 00:08
- The cost in terms of money is huge,
- [Dr. Mark] In the space of a single generation, - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Dr. Mark] In the space of a single generation,
- Watching the footage of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, - Fat Fiction 00:10
- Watching the footage of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11,