| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"This documentary looks at how it is possible for 800 million people in the world to be suffering from hunger while, at the same time, over one billion people globally being overweight. Both conditions are a sign of malnutrition and It's A Fat Fat World looks at how obesity is no longer limited to wealthy countries. There has been an outbreak of obesity in developing countries and economist Barry Popkin, who specialises in public health issues, presents his research on the world's changing eating habits throughout the documentary. The documentary travels to the countries where obesity is increasingly becoming a problem and these include China, Egypt and Mexico. The number of cases of obesity in China has doubled in the last ten years, jumping from 30 to 60 million. Egypt has a record number of 60% of women who are obese and Mexico's obesity figures are almost as big as those of the US. Through looking at obesity as a global issue, this documentary looks at how multinational food companies will be forced to take a more active role in assisting in the reduction of world wide obesity. (From France, in English, Mandarin, Arabic and Spanish, English subtitles) CC WS "-- SBS-TV website |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of SBS-TV broadcast June 16, 2006; August 31, 2007.Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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ARTE France CAPA present a film by Laurence Serfaty |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Laurence Serfaty |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Rated: G |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Obesity
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| Author |
Serfaty, Laurence
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SBS-TV
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