WEIGHT OF THE NATION on HBO
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If you have HBO, it has a series on it called "Weight of the Nation" and is an ongoing documentary on the increasing obesity/overweight climb over the past couple of decades.
I haven't watched it yet (have it recorded) but I did catch a few minutes of it on the children's section and WOW some of these kids are headed a bad direction.
I'll watch all of it and give my opinion of it later.
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I haven't watched it yet (have it recorded) but I did catch a few minutes of it on the children's section and WOW some of these kids are headed a bad direction.
I'll watch all of it and give my opinion of it later.
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I wasn't aware of it until a co-worker (who is a triathlete) told me about it. Sounds like eye-opening stuff.0
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It's good. You can watch it here: http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films.0
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I watched it all online. It was very eye opening. I highly recommend it. The online version is broken down in segments that are just over an hour. There are shorter clips, too, but I don't how they compare to the full thing.0
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Bump. I definitely want to watch this later when I get home.0
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Gotta bump this so I can remember the title for later. Thanks for the info : )0
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bump to watch later as my HBO channel features a movie. he reminds me of my overweight cousin (actually already bordering obesity)0
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I watched a piece of it this weekend. Its extremely informative but also depressing because so many people are affected by obesity and so many people seem defeated by it. I am just glad that I found hope and now I'm on the road to fighting mine.0
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I watched the first part last week, it is really sad. Hoping to watch the second part soon online.0
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I watched a piece of it this weekend. Its extremely informative but also depressing because so many people are affected by obesity and so many people seem defeated by it. I am just glad that I found hope and now I'm on the road to fighting mine.
One thing that kind of disturbs me about weight-related documentaries is it lumps everybody into one category and it's not a truly accurate portrait of a society.
On paper, I'm considered "obese" but I bicycle to work every day (btwn 40-80m per week) and take bicycle tours on the weekends. I am extremely active otherwise and I still carry a lot of weight on my bones.
Maybe I am the exception, but I doubt it, especially during the times when people are in the process of losing weight, the outer-shell doesn't always coincide with the inner fitness.
So we make all these assumptions on information we don't really have readily available. In some ways it's a very dangerous position to be in.
I can outrun or outlift many, many people and most people would never think it was possible by looking at me.0 -
It's good. You can watch it here: http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films.0
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Bumping for later.0
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I have it recorded but haven't watched all of it yet. I did see bits and pieces while it was recording, though, and am looking forward to hearing about the research I was seeing in it.0
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Don't have HBO but saw the link here to watch it online so..............Bump0
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I saw this and even posted on my site about it Very disturbing. But I have to say, it did make me go out and ride my bicycle immediately.0
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So I watched part 1. Some amazing statistics:
Of the children born after 2000, 1 in 3 who are over weight will become diabetic. If they are of African American or Latino decent, that number increases to 1 in 2. Scary.
The transplantation of livers is going up not due to hepatitus, but to cirrosis due to issues from obesity.
Even a 5% change in weight in an overweight person (whether up or down) has a significant impact on hormones, cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure.
Looking forward to watching part 2 and the childrens segment.
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I just located all 4 parts on Youtube if you are interested.0
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I just watched this over the weekend. It is indeed scary. Even scarier was that I watched this during a break from reading "Fast Food Nation." Another eye-opener.0
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Bump! Thank you very much for the link.0
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Very interesting. I will be watching it later.0
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