Special features: Take one step for your family's health hosted by Dr. Nancy Snyderman; Educational PDFs (DVD-ROM drive): 100 ways to eat healthier; 100 ways to add steps; 100 ways to surround your family with success; activity conversion charts for adults & kids, quick tips: using a step counter; interview with producer Tom Spain. Narrator: Meredith Vieira.
Summary:
This documentary explains our psychological responses to food, shares new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating, and human metabolic operation. Shows how external pressures such as oversized restaurant portions and the unending barrage of food advertisements make fighting fat so difficult. Also features real Americans telling their stories about the biological barriers, cultural habits, and economic realities contributing to their struggle to get fit.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.