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Obesity in America had been slowly creeping up
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Obesity in America hadbeen slowly creeping up from the mid 1900s on, but1980 you see it go...

Obesity in America had
been slowly creeping up from the mid 1900s on, but
1980 you see it go sharply, turn sharply upwards

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- Obesity in America had been slowly creeping up
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from the mid 1900s on, but 1980 you see it go sharply,
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turn sharply upwards.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:16
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
So you just want to ask, well, what happened around then? - Fat Fiction 00:04
So you just want to ask, well, what happened around then?
- What happened in 1980 is that the U.S. government - Fat Fiction 00:10
- What happened in 1980 is that the U.S. government
- It could be complete coincidence, that that just happened - Fat Fiction 00:12
- It could be complete coincidence, that that just happened
- When we took the fat out of the food, what did we do? - Fat Fiction 00:06
- When we took the fat out of the food, what did we do?
We put something in which was way worse, sugar. - Fat Fiction 00:05
We put something in which was way worse, sugar.
* One, two and twist - Fat Fiction 00:05
* One, two and twist
New, reduced fat browning muffin - Fat Fiction 00:05
New, reduced fat browning muffin
- I mean, let's face it, fat tastes good, we know that. - Fat Fiction 00:04
- I mean, let's face it, fat tastes good, we know that.
And if you're gonna remove the fat from a food, - Fat Fiction 00:08
And if you're gonna remove the fat from a food,
- [Narrator] As new simple pleasures is made - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Narrator] As new simple pleasures is made
Refined carbohydrates, increased sugar, and boom, - Fat Fiction 00:09
Refined carbohydrates, increased sugar, and boom,
- [Narrator] So irresistible, people are sinking - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Narrator] So irresistible, people are sinking
- Ultimately, sugar was a bigger problem - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Ultimately, sugar was a bigger problem
- The industry learned that if they took fat out the diet, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- The industry learned that if they took fat out the diet,
- I don't think this was anyone's intention, - Fat Fiction 00:18
- I don't think this was anyone's intention,
- We have the SnackWell phenomenon was like the epitome - Fat Fiction 00:11
- We have the SnackWell phenomenon was like the epitome
- [Dr. Nina] They were very high in sugar and white flour. - Fat Fiction 00:04
- [Dr. Nina] They were very high in sugar and white flour.
- [Dr. Mark] The American Heart Association cashed - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Dr. Mark] The American Heart Association cashed
Food companies paid hundreds of thousands of dollars - Fat Fiction 00:08
Food companies paid hundreds of thousands of dollars
- So this resulted in crazy things like heart check-off - Fat Fiction 00:14
- So this resulted in crazy things like heart check-off