WEIGHT OF THE NATION on HBO

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  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    Okay finally gonna watch the children's segment of this documentary now.

    The children's segment is pretty sad
  • Phoenix59
    Phoenix59 Posts: 364 Member
    Okay finally gonna watch the children's segment of this documentary now.

    The children's segment is pretty sad

    Yes, it was! I was shocked at the high percentages of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure in children! Fortunately, this documentary was an eye-opener for my daughter. She's a single mom who works full-time and had fallen into the bad habit of hitting fast food places for dinner. I was worried that my 18-month-old granddaughter was getting too much junk in her diet. Since watching the show, my daughter has started eating and feeding the baby much better, but she still needs to be nutritionally educated. Thankfully, when I offered to help her tweak her fridge and pantry when I come into town for a visit, she accepted. We'll be dumping all the processed, junky, high-sugar foods and going grocery shopping. This should be an interesting process.:smile:
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,961 Member
    Could you all be able to suggest me how to control on the diet6 that i am currently consuming, I need to eat after every 4 hours and i am a very big fan of junk food, I love junk food I need to control on all this but need some motivation..


    doctors excuses
    Slowly start changing some of your choices out. Nothing wrong with junk food occasionally but it can't be the staple of your diet if you're trying to lose weight effectively. Sub sandwiches for burgers. Eat baked instead of fried chips. Switch from regular to diet soda. IMO, to fast of a transition can usually lead to frustration and quitting.

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  • Casey45
    Casey45 Posts: 160 Member
    It's good. You can watch it here: http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films.

    Thanks for the online heads up. I nearly blew past it since I do't get HBO, so glad it's available online. Have watch bits of all four segments; found I already knew much of the content, but only learned inthe last 8-9 months I've been working at changing my live for a healthier one. For me, this is preaching to the choir, but for family
    maybe it'll reach them where I've not been able to. Thanks so much.
  • Casey45
    Casey45 Posts: 160 Member
    Quote: [/quote]Subjective. Do you live at the poverty level? Are you a single mother who has to work 3 jobs to survive? Is the environment you live in one where cost of "good" food isn't high?
    What you may deem as "busy" may be light work to someone else. While I agree that we can't really blame anyone else, we also can't expect people to not take the easier route when they are just looking for a way to survive. What it comes down to is that we as a nation have to work in conjunction with others to help solve the issue. Demographics have A LOT to do with the obesity rate. End Quote.

    Good points. I'm originally from metro Detroit, not the city center, although I worked a lot in the heart of the city. I have never seen as high a concentration of McDonald's, KFCs and other dangerous fast food outlets as I saw in Detroit. More importantly, when I'd go into neighborhood grocery stores, the price and quality of fresh foods was repectively higher and poorer than in my suburban market. For innercity residents to access the better food purchase options is a tremendous challenge. Imagine trying to do a week's grocery shopping in a 'good' suburban market, then bring it home on the bus. I knew people who had to do it this way and it was exhausting. Meanwhile, for the price of a couple of heads of lettuce a person can get far more calories and volume (and feel fuller) at McDonalds.

    I'd just add that it's more about socio-economics that straight out demographics (but that might be a bit nit-picky). Regarless of how you name some of the contributing causes, we as a nation have to work on this problem.

    Again, Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Will share.
  • Casey45
    Casey45 Posts: 160 Member
    The segment about the "set point" was REALLY depressing!!!

    In a way yes, but I've been approaching this as a life style change and think I've accepted that for me, a lower calorie consumption rate for the rest of my life is the way it has to be. Kinda like the interview of the two twin brothers, one with diabetes the other who took action and doesn't have it. The diabetic brother looked right at the camera and told the truth, paraphrasing: 'I knew I was at risk and pre-diabetic but chose not to do anything about it. Now I'm paying the price.'

    I knew my whole overweight life that it wasn't healthy, (although the news about always having to consume fewer calories is newer), so now I'm getting healthy, consuming fewer calories that a life-long normal weight person does is just the way it has to be. Besides, I feel so damn good now, it's worth it.

    So, cheer up! Focus on how much better you feel being fit, stronger and slimmer! :)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,961 Member
    It was good to see the kids taking it upon themselves to ensure that they got better lunches in their schools. I'm all for diverting money to ensure that lunch options are better for kids, especially today since as we know, they are the future and what kind of future would it be if the majority of kids end up growing up diabetic, obese and higher risk for disease?

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  • katydid25
    katydid25 Posts: 199 Member
    I'll have to watch this later. Thanks!
  • quixoticmantis
    quixoticmantis Posts: 297 Member
    I have all 4 parts DVR'd for later. Can't wait to watch!
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
    Wait until you see part 4. That will REALLY piss you off. Very staggering stuff going on. My guy wasn't remotely interested in a healthier lifestyle. He caught most of part 4 of the series (I hid the remote because I wanted to watch it) and even he was pissed about the facts shown. Time to wake up and smell the coffee people, the government is not your friend, and cares nothing about your health.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    It's good. You can watch it here: http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films.

    Thanks for the link!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,961 Member
    Wait until you see part 4. That will REALLY piss you off. Very staggering stuff going on. My guy wasn't remotely interested in a healthier lifestyle. He caught most of part 4 of the series (I hid the remote because I wanted to watch it) and even he was pissed about the facts shown. Time to wake up and smell the coffee people, the government is not your friend, and cares nothing about your health.
    I still have to watch it. Been busy, but Sunday I should be able to catch up.



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  • lbmore33
    lbmore33 Posts: 1,013 Member
    saw it and it was jaw dropping to say the least. I still have it on dvr just to remind me what I'm tryn to avoid. A must "SEE" by all if nothing else...to make you aware of choices that we make as a whole.
  • amivox
    amivox Posts: 441 Member
    I have been watching it. Really interesting. Especially the Challenges and Children in Crisis segments. Seeing the way advertisers push the most unhealthy foods on the public and the correlations between the environmental factors and the rise in the obesity epidemic is a huge eye opener.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,961 Member
    I have been watching it. Really interesting. Especially the Challenges and Children in Crisis segments. Seeing the way advertisers push the most unhealthy foods on the public and the correlations between the environmental factors and the rise in the obesity epidemic is a huge eye opener.
    Yeah gotta say that advertising has such a HUGE impact on how food is actually sold. Though adults aren't probably affected as much as young adults, teens and kids are who plead parents to buy what they see on TV and other advertisements.

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  • BetterMike
    BetterMike Posts: 131 Member
    Just saw part 1. Very sobering stuff but towards the end I saw the doctor holding a model of 5 lbs of fat. I'd seen it before but it's great motivation to lose extra weight and really make you realize how even losing a little bit is a big help.
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