The weight of the world : facing obesity
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Audio-Visual Media
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Publication Year
2004
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada, United States
Volume
DVD video
Duration
51 minutes
Subject
Obesity. Obesity in children. Overweight persons. Obesity -- Social aspects. Obesity -- Health aspects. Food industry and trade. Food habits. Advertising -- Food. Films for the hearing impaired. Obesity -- etiology. Obesity -- prevention & control
Abstract
Dr. Stephan Rössner of Stockholm, an expert on obesity, leads us through startling evidence of how our society has created this toxic environment. Cheaper production, "supersized" fast foods, and a $12 billion advertising industry are lethal when mixed with a car-dominated culture, urban sprawl and labour-saving technologies. Although North America is the epicentre of obesity, this disease is being exported worldwide as a by-product of western culture. Infiltrating low-income communities and developing nations, obesity is creating a potentially bankrupt health system.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: DVD-Video discs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Material Type: Government publication, National government publication, Partial animation, Internet resource, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephan Rössner; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.; National Film Board of Canada.
OCLC Number: 75270014
Language Note: Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Notes: Title from container.
Copyright date on credit frame: 2003; copyright date on disc label: 2004.
Special features: 75 minutes of additional footage on obesity related topics like : children, culture, politics, and urban planning.
Credits: Cinematographers, Derek Kennedy, Ken Hewlett ; animation, Philip Street, John Fraser ; editor, Stuart de Jong ; narration, David Suzuki.
Performer(s): Narrator, David Suzuki.
Description: 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD ; 16x9 widescreen, or standard television format.
Contents: Extras: Weight (6:00) --
Health {7:23) --
Children (9:10) --
Culture (8:16) --
Politics (10:22) --
Aboriginal setting (4:57) --
School setting (10:15) --
Urban planning (8:56) --
Community (6:11).
Other Titles: Facing obesity
Responsibility: directed and written by Glynis Whiting ; co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Nature of Things.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Material Type: Government publication, National government publication, Partial animation, Internet resource, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephan Rössner; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.; National Film Board of Canada.
OCLC Number: 75270014
Language Note: Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Notes: Title from container.
Copyright date on credit frame: 2003; copyright date on disc label: 2004.
Special features: 75 minutes of additional footage on obesity related topics like : children, culture, politics, and urban planning.
Credits: Cinematographers, Derek Kennedy, Ken Hewlett ; animation, Philip Street, John Fraser ; editor, Stuart de Jong ; narration, David Suzuki.
Performer(s): Narrator, David Suzuki.
Description: 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD ; 16x9 widescreen, or standard television format.
Contents: Extras: Weight (6:00) --
Health {7:23) --
Children (9:10) --
Culture (8:16) --
Politics (10:22) --
Aboriginal setting (4:57) --
School setting (10:15) --
Urban planning (8:56) --
Community (6:11).
Other Titles: Facing obesity
Responsibility: directed and written by Glynis Whiting ; co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Nature of Things.
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