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FAT CITY

28 minutes/Grades 7-Adult

Produced by Robert Dean and Roger Bingham for KCET

More than two-thirds of Americans are considered overweight.
This year over a quarter of the population will go on a diet, but
less than 5% will be able to keep the weight off for good. This
never-ending struggle for weight loss is the subject of FAT CITY.

Roger Bingham takes viewers to the Pima Indian Reservation in
Arizona. Obesity runs rampant among the Pimas, resulting in an
epidemic of diabetes and hypertension. Their weight problem can be
linked in part to what scientists call a "thrifty gene," which
during ancient times enabled the Pimas to store fat when food was
in short supply.

FAT CITY also investigates other genetic and environmental
factors that may account for expanding waistlines, including
metabolic rate, diet, exercise, and the brain's biochemistry.
Bingham discusses the controversial "set point theory" of weight
regulation, an internal mechanism that seems to keep weight within
a fairly constant range.

Are Americans losing the battle of the bulge? Does the modern
American diet suit bodies designed for leaner times? Can we fight
our metabolism? See FAT CITY for a scientific, yet light-hearted
and compassionate understanding of obesity. With Teacher's Guide.

Awards: Red Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival; CINE Golden
Eagle

• "Fascinatingly illuminated are the interrelationships of
  genetic predisposition, metabolic rate and efficiency, and
  biochemical mechanisms in causing obesity. An informed and
  enlightening resource for science and health classes." Booklist
  

• "An interesting and exceptionally well-made program... The
  video is educational rather than persuasive in nature. Bingham is
  not pushing a product, promoting a fad diet, or promising magic
  results; he is merely offering information... Very highly
  recommended." **** Video Rating Guide for Libraries
  

Subject Areas: HEALTH, HOME ECONOMICS, NUTRITION, LIFE SCIENCE,
BIOLOGY, COMMUNITY HEALTH, WEIGHT LOSS

ISBN: 1-56029-082-X

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