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Fed Up: Active Viewing Responses(12:00)1. What are Brady’s challenges with his weight? What things has he struggled most with and what efforts has he made? Why do you think he’s been unsuccessful so far?2. What are Maggie’s challenges with her weight? What things has she struggled most with and what efforts has she tried? Why do you think she’s been unsuccessful so far?3. How do you feel about Brady and Maggie? What do their stories share in common? How are they different?(14:49)4. What is the difference between 160 calories in almonds compared to 160 calories in soda?(18:40)5. Why do so many people have the perception that exercise, rather than healthy eating and diet, are the solution to weight gain and obesity? Does the evidence show diet or exercise to be the solution to weight gain and obesity?(24:34)6. What are Wesley’s challenges with his weight? What things has he struggled most with and what efforts has he tried? Why do you think he’s been unsuccessful so far?7. What are the long-term costs of obesity? And why should everyone be concerned?(27:16)8. From 1977-2000 Americans have doubled their daily intake of sugar. How did the McGovern report and the food industry’s subsequent lobbying efforts result in this increase?9. Are all “low fat” foods considered healthy? By labeling items as “low fat,” what did the food industry do to make the food still taste good? Who benefits from this labeling?(33:09)10. What is the “science” of sugar? What is our body’s response to consuming high amounts of sugar? How does it involve our liver, pancreas and brain?(39:24)11. How does the film explain food “addiction?” What have experiments with rats shown? What does this mean for those who say that losing weight is a matter of will power?(49:15)12. Why did the World Health Organization decide to delete its sugar recommendation from reports?(54:09)13. What examples does the film give to show the conflict of interest that often exists between the goals of public health and those of commerce and industry? How does the federal government, and the USDA in particular, illustrate this contradiction? What about the First Lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign?(1:01)14. What evidence does the film provide to show that America’s school cafeterias play a responsible part in the childhood obesity epidemic?(1:07:30)15. How successful has the government been in regulating the food industry? Do you think there should be a stronger role of government in deciding what food can be sold and how it is marketed?(1:20:30)16. How much can parents do to reduce childhood obesity?17. What does it mean to be “thin on the outside, fat on the inside”? How is that possible?18. Why does the film compare sugary beverages to tobacco? What are the similarities in terms of health effects, marketing and public perception?(End)19. What specific actions does the film propose for ending America’s obesity epidemic?20. What are the “what-ifs” Katie Couric lists? Which one do you think would make the largest amount of difference? Which do you think would be the most difficult to make happen? Why? ................
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