The Weight of the Nation: Part 3 - Challenges (HBO Docs)

[@x.y.7385]

8 years later...wish they would do this series again

[@alquinn8576]

yeah but they need to do a better job. this was a complete mess, with various amorphous claims being made without a good organizations structure. I would like to see it like this: 1) history of obesity (people were almost never fat before the 19th century; heart disease was also almost unheard of, can cancer was rare), leading to the question: what changed? This section could also review ancestral diets still practiced around the world that show a massive diversity of foods people can consume without succumbing to chronic disease associated with the western diet 2) a history of nutrition research in the 20th century to try to explain this factor, focusing on the sequential demonization of different macronutrient categories as being causal in obesity (saturated fat is bad. no wait, carbs are bad. now transfats are bad. now it's specifically sugar that's bad. now it's seed oils. or maybe it's environmental toxins that cause metabolic dysfunction & obesity?) 3) a synthesis of the disputes contained in #2 that would suggest that in all of that noise (including in the often-shoddy research, since long term randomized control trials are very difficult/expensive to do) one clear signal is that processed foods are almost certainly a massive causal factor in obesity and metabolic dysfunction

[@pickledragonrebel]

Exactly my thought !! (Sorry for the 2 yr delay)

[@sugarbabylove1000]

An update would be great. We are learning more and more every year about nutrition. I eat so much following a whole food plant based diet and am losing an average of 2.5 pounds per week.

[@fruddix]

Thanks HBO for providing these documentaries for free.

[@criticalgamerx172]

Everyone must know this

[@GoldSkye]

Absolutely

[@jacquiround1193]

Agree- great essential info

[@debrakusch6105]

@@criticalgamerx172 . What?????

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

👍🏽

[@SandyKH]

This is actually mislabeled as Part 3 when it is really Part 4. Great documentary. Thanks for posting. This is also a shout out to those great farmers that produce real food, fruit and veggies! We love you!! Keep doing it. I will do what I can to get my congressmen to support subsidies to farmers that grow real, whole food rather than soy and corn!!

[@PungiFungi]

Those construction workers profiled 7 minutes into the documentary show how detrimental fast food and bad eating habits are. For all the physical work they do, they should be fit and trim. But overeating on crap food undo all that work and makes them overweight. Proof that while physical activity is good for you, but if you are relying it alone to lose weight, you will be sorely disappointed.

[@paulinafunfit4126]

Very true 🙏

[@punker4Real]

i don't know if your still here but eatting good I all ready lost 20 pounds :D physically i feel better too... More energy Don't need coffee or refined sugar

[@AllenMQuinn]

Perfect example why it's always recommended to follow the 80% diet and 20% exercise rule.

[@TheBarOst]

@@punker4Real I was in a hospital after a nose surgery for 5 days and lost 4 kg. Couldn't eat anything, only berries, watermelon and grinded vegetables (thank to my parents). Obviously no exercises, only 12-14 hours sleep. A bad example of losing weight, yet effective :)

[@mambowumbo]

@@TheBarOst it wasn't not only because you eat fruits and less food tho. Body recovery need more extra calorie in order to repairing cells and build new one. If you eat normally like your daily diets, you still will lose weight.

[@juliadevonney1401]

I think it is time to start digging up our back yards and gardening again. We had a large garden when I was growing up, everyone worked in it and there was even a job for the three and four year-olds. We had such a great time together and enjoyed all different kinds of produce. We canned everything but the cats! By the time I was five or six I could have probably named about every vegetable you put in front of me.

[@dorisl9738]

Food portion sizes in the US always astonish me.

[@mikeballer08]

I went to a Mexican restaurant and the amount I received for my meal literally shocked me. It was a meal for two grown men. I took half home and ate it for dinner. All of the portion sizes we get are for at least two people and it's being served to one.

[@macchris4521]

Indeed. Serving size of meat should be 4 oz. Restaurants give you 3x that much!!! It is CRAZY!!! I literally eat 3 to 4 times off of an average size steak. Most people finish it in one sitting AND a baked potato & veggies!! Then they wonder why they gain weight!

[@zarasbazaar]

I usually make 3 meals out of one restaurant meal.

[@baganzabaganza2826]

Doris L that’s why I only eat one meal a day, it’s enough

[@blackadder564]

@@macchris4521 Just leave out the veggies and potato problem solved. Meat in itself is good for losing weight. Lean, unprocessed meat of course.

[@pickledragonrebel]

This is a wonderful series. I would've to see a 2.0 version of this in 2022 (the yr I'm watching this) I fear things are dramaticly worse and so all the more reason to continue this very important series. This should be mandatory viewing for everyone .

[@annarose3354]

When the healthy foods are an "alternative," you already know you have a problem

[@jringler2821]

Some of the health professionals presenting on this show also appear to struggle with weight and lifestyle regulation. It affects us all. Mostly the people in helping professions are heavier. They give, give, give to help others and educate and often neglect their own lifestyle balance. I struggle myself with this.

[@JOHN----DOE]

This is a toxic society. Corporations relentlessly produce and market toxic "food" on every shelf and vending machine--it's like living in an environment where alcohol and opioids are on every shelf around every checkout counter, really cheap. Then corporate treatment of employees makes their lives so harried they have no time, or will, to make good food. One filthy hand shakes the other. The medical-industrial complex depends on ubiquity of bad food and vice-versa.

[@407alfredo]

Good observation that the healthcare professionals themselves can't keep a healthy weight. The answer is actually quite simple and this constant emphasis on fruits and vegetables is coming from a totally sincere place but scientifically completely WRONG! Evolutionarily speaking, fruits and vegetables are not species-appropriate nutrition for humans. We are by evolution CARNIVORES, not omnivores or ruminants. That's why we are doing so poorly. Until I began eating only animals, eggs, and some cheese I was overweight, took medications for high blood pressure, and was always struggling with my food intake and gaining fat. Now I have much more energy on just 2 meals/day and since what I eat has no carbs but lots of nutrition, I am rarely very hungry and don't have to eat much at all. Carnivore is much more economical, simple and all round healthier. It is obviously our natural food= MEAT.

[@sarahsnowe]

​@@407alfredo Sorry, no. Most humans evolved to be opportunistic meat-feeders: when meat was available, we ate it, and it provided a good hit of energy. However, a great deal of energy was expended on getting it in the first place. Most of our calories came from gathering (roots, fruits, etc.), which could be a fairly leisurely activity. It's useful to consider human teeth and fingernails. Our canines and incisors (the animal-killing and meat-tearing teeth) aren't up to much, whereas we have a lot of flat teeth further back, evolved for grinding plants, and our fingernails are pathetic. Carnivores have massive canines and, frequently, sharp claws. Some scientists also think that our way of drinking (sucking) allies us to the herbivores, as opposed to the carnivores and some omnivores (lapping and gulping). However, geography has a great deal to do with the human diet. If you're an Inuit, very few plants are available and you'll live mostly on caribou, seals and fish. If you're lucky enough to grow up in the Mediterranean, the climate obligingly provides abundant fruits, vegetables, and grain, and people raise goats for meat and milk (the rocky hills are no good for cows, but goats eat almost anything), and if you live by the sea there are plentiful fish. Although the Inuit are adapted to meat-eating, historically they've had shorter lives than those Greeks and Italians--though other factors like extreme weather may play a role. Anyway, meat-eating is unquestionably a major factor pushing the planet toward ecological breakdown. Humans can live on a diet of no meat or very little, and it's selfish to be so relentlessly carnivorous (and you might want to consider the horrendous suffering of factory-farmed animals). By the way, your diet may be working for now, but dieticians will tell you that it's seriously lacking in fibre (heart disease, bowel cancer, etc.) and you'll probably get gout (accumulation of uric acid). And unless you're buying very high-end meat, you'll be ingesting a lot of antibiotics and other nasties.

[@ACOUSTICDI]

This series is SO well done. I am sending it out to tons of folks. HBO, you need to rename this one PART 4! You have two Part 3s.

[@karayna9071]

This is unfathomable to me - that they don't have much locally produced vegetables, or even bike paths, parks, supermarkets and sidewalks everywhere in the US... 😧 I'm Scandinavian and I've been to the US twice. Everything is just so OVERPROCESSED. Some food doesn't even feel like food anymore. I could just as well be eating plastic. Even the fast food seems unhealthier (much greasier) compared to here. But it's spreading - 20 years ago we didn't have Skittles, Oreos or M&M's here. Many US foods and sweets have made their way overseas.

[@remotalia1]

True! If you live America and suddenly decide to be completely conscious about the food you're eating, finding GOOD food becomes pretty difficult. Especially if you've got shallow pockets. / :

[@Luna.3.3.3]

Thanks HBO. As well as YT, I'm a subscriber to your tv programming and would love a 2021 update on these stories! LOVE the info about the gross injustice of zero subsidies for fruit and veg farmers

[@yvonnemaryastill4399]

Brilliant! I have watched each episode, have learned so much, and am making changes for my family. Thank you! 😊

[@dylanjohnson4624]

You still alive?

[@moshiachgirlie]

I'm from Cleveland and the Hough vs Lyndhurst comparison is spot on. I student taught in a neighborhood in Cleveland that was such a bad food desert that the only place you could buy groceries that wasn't a gas station or liquor store was Family Dollar. Family Dollar! How many fresh fruits and veggies do you think are in that place? We need major systemic change in order to tackle the obesity epidemic. It's not about personal choice anymore. Its about having no other options.

[@sarahsnowe]

It always amazes non-Americans that so many poor people continue to vote for corrupt politicians in the pocket of Big Food. The bloated orange thug comes to mind. What a masterpiece of brainwashing.

[@philaldridge4178]

I"m 58 now. Looking back at my class photos from the 70s not one kid was even over weight let alone obese. We were middle class I guess but we were always hungry which is not a bad thing.

[@ЮйЮй-ы7н]

stay hungry,stay foolish.

[@michellhong726]

10 years later, the difference is the price. Not so cheap anymore.

[@blaice7365]

I don't know why, but that 39 year-old guy seems like a very nice guy. I hope he ended up losing a lot of weight to help increase the duration of his life after this doc was filmed.

[@cruisepaige]

24:27 Little guy breaks my heart.

[@thamuthafiga4581]

Take away the ' Corn Subsidy'!

[@PeasantFoodie]

What a great ending! I love the emphasis on what local governments can do, and what they have been doing. Recognizing that the environment has a huge impact on our choices concerning exercise and eating habits is important, and that was hit on very well. HBO, thank you for making this available!

[@jnicolettebailey]

What a great Mayor - love his walk-100-miles challenge !

[@MsAmericanNomad]

Restaurants that serve appropriate portions using fresh ingredients always get angry reviews in the U.S. because a good restaurant serves huge portions for little money. It's called "value." I have to typically pay $5 for the kitchen to split a single order, which means I pay extra for less food, but I do it because I have never felt hungry on a half order and I don't want to waste food. Some restaurants won't even split the plate and almost none will permit an adult to order off the child menu.

[@Antony_Oscar]

Alisa Ottman That's ridiculous!

[@stormiethedark6355]

Alisa Ottman At least there are boxes to take home your leftovers, so you make several meals out of one restaurant order.

[@seylachek3894]

SaxonVoter v

[@maddy-jd7qi]

good thing to do is ask for a box when you get your plate then immediately put half in the box. eat that another time.

[@stufoo]

lol then youre an idiot

[@Red88Rex]

Really enjoyed this documentary, btw. I think we need to do away with fast food places and obviously stop subsidizing corn farmers. With all the money wrapped up in it, that's much easier said than done. I am going to thank my mother right now for raising me to be active and know the importance of exercise, and never buying me sugary cereals and pop when I was a kid. I think the smoking comparison is a good one. We should start making fast food to appear like cigarettes. Growing up in the 90s, it was drilled into my head all through school how terrible and disgusting smoking was. When I became an adult, I was actually shocked to see people actually doing it. Some still make that bad choice, but most people choose not to as they can comprehend the damage it does to their body. Same needs to be done with this kind of food.

[@vickieoglesby3257]

Red88Rex yes. You know..the food industries and lobbyists say they use corn to speed up food production and to avert starvation in the world..i dont understand why fresh fruits and veggies cant be grown properly and sold along with processed food...why cant people choose? Why are farmers being told not to use healthy stuff to grow healthy food..why is it always about money? Why are people who would be normal weight in developing countries..end up grossly obese? i hope my kids and my grandkids have a long life..but look at the bad stuff being put in food now. And one other thing..in some of the major cities in the U.S...restaurants and supermarkets throw out perfectly good food..and wont let people get the stuff without calling security..they say they are afraid of getting sued. Why cant these places just have a food giveaway day where they could give the food away. That is what they do in France. Sometimes the way this country does when it comes to food sucks.

[@emilysahlen9164]

Red88Rex ... Corn farmers shouldn’t be punished because people can’t control their eating.

[@crand20033]

I have roommates who drink a 12 pack of beer every day, plus the eat pizza and smoke cigarettes.

[@aster7986]

@@crand20033 Let's pray they make it through their 60's.

[@Vscustomprinting]

@@emilysahlen9164 shouldnt they tho?maybe they shouldnt be pressing how important they are to society

[@upclady60]

Todayis 1/10/20. I would love to see an update on this since 2012. Thank you for this information.

[@jennexk1227]

The series of this document was well made and presented.Different perspectives and scopes are shown to be the cause of obesity which has educated me immensely . This answers the questions as well as the solution to this epidemic and the direction our nation is taking if nothing improves. Every person knows at least one person who suffers from this self destructive sickness which means everyone is affected and susceptible to become part of the statistic.

[@LadyBludgeon]

I agree over 1000%. This one of the best docs on obesity, nutrition and health in a long time.

[@PungiFungi]

Yes, physical activity is way too overrated. It boggles my mind that you do all that work and STILL only burn such a miniscule amount of calories. The main problem is that we eat even when we are not hungry. We ear to entertain ourselves and out of boredom. When we do eat out of hunger, we eat too fast and thus end up eating more than we need. The processed shit that we eat are too high in calories AND we require more of it to make us feel full.

[@JohnDoe-et8th]

Not either-or. BOTH. Exercise is NECESSARY, especially to maintain weight loss, and absolutely for cardiovascular health and boosting metabolism/keeping insulin low, not to mention mood improvement and just plain filling up time you'd otherwise snack in. It won't, however, make you lose weight. Calorie restriction is the ONLY thing that will do that. Of course, that also means eating good food because there's no room for junk on a low-cal diet.

[@blakliffy]

This is the best 4 1/2 hours I've spent watching youtube in a very long time!

[@gaiusscipio]

I love youtube complaints. Some complain about having to pay more for health care because of increased cots from obesity but don't complain about paying more taxes to support big farm subsidies. Some complain about documentaries like this saying it is one sided with its information but don't complain about advertisements that falsely claim their products are healthy. Some complain that government isn't doing enough to address national security but don't want government to address obesity which is killing more Americans that any external enemy.

[@genli5603]

Gaius Scipio So It’s the government’s fault and companies’ fault that you’re fat????

[@landonbarretto3139]

@Stutz Victor - Agreed. Much is due to sheer laziness.

[@lilithiaabendstern6303]

@@genli5603 both gain a profit by holding you fat, lazy and, on some level, even stupid by just eating trash, but it is only possible, because you let it happen by buying lies and fast food - so who is to blame than all three parties

[@isabelbecerra898]

i have watched all 4 parts and i love love love all of the information given! has opened my eyes to the dangers and pitfalls of obesity and this series has already impacted the way i view food and meal preparation. gonna give me and mu husband a lifestyle overhaul!

[@ewidontlikeyou]

Shouldn't this be part 4 if "Children in Crisis" was part 3?

[@d3g3n3r4t3]

ya at 2:17 it even says its part 4 heh

[@shelbywilliams]

Ooooh HBO done messed up 😂 slight error I suppose

[@annaszablewski8110]

vote with you're dollar if your truly committed to see change....

[@Pikrodafni]

"Your dollar", not "you're". "You are" committed, not "your".

[@Vscustomprinting]

also this is the dumbest idea, because people already are voting with their dollars, and they are choosing animal products.. it need to be outlawed

[@annala2956]

Anna Szablewski I can, for myself, and I do. I urge people like me to do the same but how do we help the kids that aren’t in a position to do this? I have such sympathy for the kids that are helpless and such anger for adults with healthy food accessible and affordable (for them) that still choose to buy and eat junk! They are perpetuating the problem. This lights a fire in me to fight to change it!

[@SMC01ful]

Sounds easy, but most obese people live in poorer areas. Moreover, there are more fast food outlets in poor neighborhoods where the folks who are working, work two jobs to pay the damn rent. F-food is cheap, accessible, and instant - perfect if you are exhausted. Furthermore, in poor areas, the markets/stores don't sell fresh, unprocessed, produce and meats.

[@starduck8014]

this is the only way

[@tezzag818]

Loved this series. I am Australian and we are not far behind the USA and I hope we can make those changes too.

[@desertdaisymarie6951]

We can lobby for it without too much political interference from outside lobby groups of big business..

[@DanielPepin]

HBO documentaries are great!

[@bozaki87]

I see a lot of hating on Americans for being "fat and lazy". I live in Greece were we supposedly eat healthy and such - but I have never seen the people unite to get things done and moving like the Americans seem to be able to do, and believe me, we have problems that need solving... Sure it's another crazy country - maybe crazier than the one I live in; but I salute their struggle because I know that not many people would act as they do - even if it took them long enough.

[@fetprilla]

Question.. why do the call chips, sugery snacks, cereal with more suger in it than grain for "foods". in other countrys the collective name for all that crap is "candy".. and you are teached that you dont eat candy every day... its more like eat candy once a week... and why is commercial allowed to target children?.. it should be banned. (sorry for spelling or grammar faults)

[@leerwesen]

I think it's also important for people to realize that eating fruit isn't a solution either. Fruit still has lots of sugar, though it is better than eating candy. It's funny that I saw all the food in this documentary, but the first time I wanted to eat was when I saw that sliced melon.

[@edelquinn3619]

So true

[@lisaleidy344]

@@leerwesen the fruit has a protective factor with the fiber, it’s not the same as eating pure fructose that is extracted from food. The fiber prevents you from eating too much fruit. We should enjoy fruits when they are in season.

[@toddles9]

It's interesting watching this almost ten years later.

[@cherishenderez4803]

I'm fortunate that I live in Philippines, because fruits and vegetables are always available in market and it is cheap compare to fastfood and restaurant food. Also I observe that fastfood here are in small portions. My friends wants to visit America because there are a lot of fastfood options and it is in big portions. Now that I saw this video I am happy that fastfood portion here are small. But it does not mean that people here in the Philippines are always healthy, sometimes we consume too much rice and meat that it make us bigger.

[@zarasbazaar]

I love the walking school bus. I'm sure a lot of parents won't let their kids walk to school because of safety concerns and the walking school bus allows them to walk with supervision.

[@_Meng_Lan]

It's so sad you live in a country where a 6 to 16 yr old can't walk to school. On their own. Love uk. 1976 to 1986 lone school walker as were most others. What a strange frightening place you live in.

[@KaylaNoelle1]

I had NO idea as a Canadian that community members couldn't use school playgrounds in the United States????? All of ours are free to use at any time. I used to go to the Catholic school playground because I like their swings better! On top of that my community has a playground every 3-4 blocks and a huge park surrounding the river I can't imagine growing up without that it's so depressing!

[@Preservestlandry]

Kids that live nearby usually do play at the school when the school is closed but they're not supposed to. Are you sure you were supposed to go to the catholic school playground? Or did you just go because it was nearby? How could the government force the church to let the public use their playground?

[@ehgroll5390]

The food industry is wrong in so many ways.

[@katiavulpes7754]

Is it necessary to climb a tree to take the bananas? (13:55) My banana trees never require me that effort. I wonder where to find these giant banana trees.

[@aggedyran]

Watching this 11 years later, I'm saddened that things are worse! We have not be able to confront giant food and ag corps. 11 years ago 4% of U.S. farmland was growing fruits and vegetables...today, it's 2%. We're going in the wrong direction. 😞

[@ANFeuerstahl]

Agreed. Moreover, to make things worse, (hypercaloric) food is everywhere, even where it is not supposed to be like bookshops and gás stations.

[@scofab]

Excellent series, thank you.

[@astrinymris9953]

16:45 I bet Robert Lustig was mad at the editing there.

[@lisaleidy344]

Regarding the inner city neighborhoods in Philadelphia and similar cities with no parks, those neighborhoods used to have beautiful parks, but the people who moved into those neighborhoods destroyed the parks and now they are drug dens and dangerous places to be. Hunting Park, for example, in Philadelphia, used to be a beautiful place, families spent the whole day there together. Now somewhere you wouldn’t go unless you were looking to buy drugs or get shot. Same for grocery stores, those communities living in a food deserts used to have grocery stores, but the crime was such that they closed. I don’t know what the solution is, but these are the facts that seem to be overlooked.

[@fgfg633]

21:45 Did they include death by crime in these statistics?

[@maferdash]

Every time I ate at a restaurant in the US, I had to agree with my husband what to eat. We had to share the portion of an American adult between both of us! And salads? Sometimes those were more dangerous than the dishes! We hope US will get over this pandemic soon

[@britt905]

Where are you and your husband from? Just curious for the comparison. I’m Canadian myself.

[@maferdash]

@@britt905 Spain and Germany. And Germnay has big portions! In Spain we love mediterranean food and we put olive oil in everything

[@michaelnurge1652]

@@maferdash It kind of depends. I remember always splitting meals at a steakhouse with my g/f. But that's a steakhouse. If I eat fast food, I never order drinks, and very rarely fries. One of my indulgences is a triple burger in the late morning some days after a workout...just a burger, a glass of water, and nothing else. Just two days ago, I ordered "super nachos" from a Mexican restaurant near me. Ate about half, got a box, the next half was my lunch yesterday. I don't know too many people who actually eat the whole portion of food in some of those places. The last time I ate a dessert in a restaurant I think it was Cheesecake Factory. I don't think I ate anything but the dessert...because that's what you go there for (even though they and others serve main meal food too). Other Americans do it differently, but every single one of us will know the term "doggie bag" which I am told is unique to the US (it's a bag you ask for leftovers to go into so you can take them home and have later).

[@joseg4249]

“The fact that the portions have grown so large, is a major issue” says the obese nutrition expert. Goodness gracious dude (32:28)

[@TheWiseDrunkard]

I get your point, but he's not wrong.

[@teaartist6455]

Knowing things are fucked up on a systemic level and being to solve your own problems caused in part by that (weight loss is simple, but not easy) are two very different things.

[@cruisepaige]

My heart breaks for the people who have been obese all their lives. I’m am adult and did not start gaining weight until my 30s. I did not live w the prejudice I do now. Which is bizarre because most people in the US are fat.

[@Red88Rex]

I was born in 1985 and I'm right on the cusp of the internet age. I remember in the 90s there simply wasn't much else to do other than go outside and play with the other kids. I lived for sports, running around, bike rides, etc. I also played A LOT of video games and I still do, but I was raised in a way to properly balance my physical activity as well as that. In fact, I play games while I use my stationary bike nowadays. I was a teenager when the internet first got popular, Not only was it god awful to use 56k, there was not much to do online. But this generation of children are growing up never knowing life without it, and it must be much different. I see people all around me putting on weight and keep making excuses about it. I am in the extreme minority as to how much I work out and I can never understand it. Exercise feels so good and we are made to do it. Then you get the "fat acceptance" movements that compound the problem. I mean, whatever. I can't fix it. I take damn good care of myself and that's all I can personally do.

[@boycotgugle3040]

+Red88Rex "simply wasn't much else to do other than go outside and play with the other kids" YES. THERE. WAS. Play super nintendo. No time to meet kids, need to grind secret of mana to level 60 or so (impossible). I'm around your vintage as well ;)

[@Red88Rex]

I played the absolute hell out of my SNES and still do all the time (playing FF6 right now). It's just I balanced my time out. I loved to swim every day in the summer and ride my bike all over town, plus I played several sports and was quite good at them. I'm still super fit to this day and I play games while I'm doing my cardio! fwiw my next door neighbor was into the same games, it was a great time :)

[@boycotgugle3040]

Red88Rex "Looting and plundering trade? It's called TREASURE HUNTING!!" ;)

[@Red88Rex]

"Call me a treasure hunter, or I'll rip your lungs out!"

[@boycotgugle3040]

Red88Rex Hehe, can't remember that line, though^^ I presume that's Locke too, but in which scene? Mine was right at the beginning in Figaro castle, I believe. When I think about it, it's just the two beacons of greatest story telling of all time, (alongside excellent gameplay): FFVI and Chrono Trigger. I'll always remember these. I think they even influenced what kind of person I became (they had non-black and white morals too, unlike the still much fun, but not as valuable Zelda series IMHO.) I think as a person, I became a kind of Magus. With hints of Maduin... Best wishes, sis :)

[@madelineacosta856]

What if we actually focus on after school programs that encourage physical activity in a way that kids what to enjoy. The way P.E fails, is that to government put standardized tests and grades on it. Being tested on wether you can run an 8;25 mile or not is not encouraging or engaging.

[@marshwetland3808]

When i was in school, 1960s, 1970s, PE was full of sadistic bullying. I dropped out. Yes, PE needs to be fun and inclusive.

[@rainyday7517]

Or parents could parent?

[@miguelberetta7887]

Can't outwork a bad diet

[@JulietteKernDiamond]

i think depression is a big part of the problem too. when youre feeling hopeless about your future youre a lot less likely to invest in your health and try to get healthy. its like why bother. im not sure what the solution is but im sure the shrinking middle class is a big part of the problem.

[@opieutt9038]

I agree. The sad part is they're only going to be more depressed as they age and die a horribly slow death still very early.

[@sarahparamonova9413]

I like the black guy in the store :)

[@lichkinghte]

its african american actualy....... just sayin

[@MrLordjordan]

The black guy in the store is a bitch

[@d.lawrence5670]

MrLordjordan, uh, what u said makes no sense and is rather pointless, like you

[@BigScewleo]

@@MrLordjordan 😂😂

[@MrLordjordan]

D. Lawrence shut up pussy I know that black guy in the store is a bitch cuz you a bitch

[@prismchris]

WE need to make healthcare affordable and accessible to everyone early. As a society we need to demand better health information for our doctors and ourselves. I went to a doctor once and asked him what could I do about my (pervious) obesity. He said eat less and he was obese....wtf

[@ninamc6116]

Great documentary!

[@seve29]

In Eastern European Countries fast food is more expensive than healthy food at a restaurant. ex KFC 5 Crispy strips with sauce - about 7 dollars, and the menu of the day at a normal restaurant 4 dollars.

[@robertski4989]

As more and more fast food restaurants and processed food become available in the Asian cities I lived in, I always look to the US food and healthcare industries to warn myself and my family to stay away.

[@t206kid]

I am all for adding parks for kids to play but that is not the issues. 90% of it comes from what we eat. Walking a mile for example only burns 100 calories (104 calories in a banana). It all has to do with what you eat. If you are eating 750 calories on average each meal and then snacking on another 250 to 500 throughout the day that equals roughly 2,700 calories a day and you are not going to "play" enough in the park to burn that off. I also never bought into the notion that junk food is cheaper. Eggs, chicken, rice, tuna, beans, along with some fruits and veggies are some of the least expensive foods out there. It all has to do with being lazy. A good, healthy meal can take 45 to minutes to prepare. An unhealthy meal can take a matter of minutes.

[@patrickren5292]

That's totally true! cooking with raw ingredient only only makes food nutritious also you keep move

[@SandyKH]

While I agree that eating fruits and veggies are essential. (I'm a blender addict), there has to be places where kids can learn that physical activity is fun. They need the sun for vitamin d and fresh air. Beyond that, at parks, there is no advertising, and that matters immensely.

[@t206kid]

The amount of VD needed equals to about 4 minutes in the sun

[@SandyKH]

And yet, in Britan, rickets is on the rise, mostly because kids are raised from mother's milk to junk food, and because they don't get out enough to get their 4 minutes of sun. Besides, you can't overdue. The body can store vitamin d to a degree, for days, seasons when there is no sun. People in northern climates often lack it, which causes depression as well. Parks don't hurt, they only help. Certainly, they are only part of the problem, but they are a part of it.

[@lisaburke7506]

Exactly, Charlee C. I say , that to my mother who is overweight, possibly obese for her height. I jog for 30 minutes as soon as I wake up. On bad weather days I work out to a fitness video on KZbin for 30 minutes. I ask my mother to join me and she dismisses it. Won't be so dismissive once she gts diabetes. Or maybe she will adopt the fatalist f*** it attitude my grandmother had. It's a self imposed prison and it is sad how many excuses people will make to not care for their health. They don't see they are robbing their children, friends, employers, and communities from their full presence.

[@gliderguider1]

Another thumbs up for this series. There's some good info here.

[@WolfofSorrows]

Its very expensive. We buy all our fresh veggies at the beginning of the month with our biggest food purchase. We buy NOTHING canned, nothing microwaveable (we don't even own a microwave), no chips cookies etc, just meat, veggies, pasta, rice, etc. Two weeks (maybe) worth of groceries for my family of 4 costs over 300 usd. and that's with coupons and sales and deals, etc.

[@harrybarry4158]

In Kenya, my whole family of 4 can survive on just 40 usd worth of organic foods for a whole month

[@tofelipwithlove1150]

I have to watch this series to keep moving and think about what I eat.

[@tracygittins6343]

Kaiser Permanente seems to be the smartest health care provider by far.They're instigating the conversations about eating a whole food, plant-based diet. It saves lives and, wait for it, MONEY.

[@CfopCubing]

28:30 Those dollar menus are always available... We wish...

[@acbc3543]

Salads and fruits ! What’s wrong with that ? Nothing. Parents are to blame

[@petervictor467]

Fast food never look more grosser to me than after watching this documentary.

[@LadyBludgeon]

BTW, I forgot to mention, ever since I became a vegetarian the fruits & veggies in my neighborhood started to become cheaper than everything else. There is also a movement in my area towards a more plant base diet, which is why there is more fruits & veggies than even the junk food stuff. The best way to fight against the problem of obesity & the food war is with your wallet. Buy healthy, these policies/corporation can't live without money. They will change if you change what you buy, :)

[@zeldaofarel]

"Some of the kids are raised on this stuff." Now that the main reason why you have obesity.

[@magical571]

it might not have the effect you want on calories, but, it gives you a lot of other health benefits. it reduces anxiety (making it easier to not overeat), keeps your heart healthy, reduces the chances of a stroke, prevents artritis, and a whole lot of other health issues. so saying "physical activity is overrated" its just an ignorant statement, because it does much more for you than just burning calories. living a sedentary life is detrimental, even if you are not overweight

[@CriticalThinking-ql2hh]

But the tobacco companies bought the food companies! Philip Morris the tobacco division of Altria Group purchased Kraft in 1988. And a year later, they combined that purchase with General Foods.

[@foxiefair123]

Chanel Reid Because they had to invest in a new addiction. 😂

[@Senacacrane]

This is very eye opening

[@iqraasghar2168]

You don't need to try different types of diet. You only need to learn self control, only this way u can satisfied yourself with healthy balanced diet and maintain weight.

[@thomasnewton8997]

Porridge is a really simple healthy breakfast

[@birgitkivi]

and it tastes amazing

[@reuscmar]

Not if it is fresh! Fast food prepared with fresh ingredients can be perfectly healthy. You can use poultrey mince instead of beef, whole grain bread instead of buns, fresh potatoes in the oven instead of fried, all with fresh salad and tomatoes. And there you go, fast food the healthy way! The problem is not the fact that it is fast food, but that it is processed food. Make it fresh! Control the portions! And move your body! These are the secrets.

[@goldmourn]

Thank you for making this series!

[@ForgottenKnight1]

It's ridiculous that you have to pay 3 times more for a salad than for a goddamn burger. In my local store (I'm not living in the USA) a burger is 1,5 dollars and with those money you can actually buy yourself a nice vegetable salad instead. if you buy everything from the grocery shop you can get more vegetables and make your salad at home.

[@alexisjaussen489]

ForgottenKnight1 In my supermarkets they have the prepared salads for 2.50-5.00 ad it has multiple servings in there, that is cheaper than a McDonalds Value meal. Of course the problem with fat people eating salad is the dressing, they figure it is all healthy and even if they use alot it is less than their lunch. The only thing it is is less filling even if you use a bottle.

[@nstl440]

It's not ridiculous. Quality is always more expensive. People just use it as an excuse to justify eating fastfood. Even if healthy food is more expensive nobody is forcing people to buy fast food.

[@baabaaer]

As a Malay, why not kangkung or spinach or in cooler climates, cabbages, instead of broccoli? Broccoli tastes odd, and is hard for the tongue, to me at least. Also, try stir-frying vegetables. It's a lot more delicious than salads.

[@crand20033]

Broccoli shrinks cancer tumors.

[@marshwetland3808]

A lot of people lack kitchen skills.

[@wdub1362]

Awesome Documentary!!!

[@emilysahlen9164]

Watching this made me so mad as we are taught to eat healthy and our fruits and vegetables. That should be pushing more of the healthy food and charge a lot more for the foods higher in sugar and salts. I’m on the opposite end of this scale, I’m a former anorexic and I am a Type 1 diabetic (which I was born with) I’ve become a bodybuilder and fitness model. I’m not rich here but I would rather spend my money on healthy food and live longer. Here is the reality of the movie “WALL-E.”

[@adamajs3836]

Hope these kids are healthy by now

[@dianereed8657]

Thank you for this information!

[@drtobiasfunke11]

Rome is burning 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@orkideailona]

Hi, thank you for your reply. I live in Scandinavia and I do not go into fast food restaurants ever, it is too expensive here, a big mac meal costs over ten dollars here in norway. I mean if you are huge, the first rhing you should try to do, try to prevent and avoid weight gain. I know, obesity is also a mental issue, try to see the positive things you have done, instead of staring at the scale. If you do some gardening or to paint a wall, it is exersize too. You don`t have to visit a gym.

[@katherinehayes3381]

I think it depends on where you live. When we used to live in the north east, fresh produce was much more expensive than it is here it Texas. As a family of 5, we manage a $100/week roughly for groceries, with one purchase a month to a specialty store (we cook a lot of Greek/Middle Eastern foods, so cheeses, filo, spices, etc). The biggest cost cutting measure: not buying a lot of meat. We only eat poultry (from a local butcher) and the occasional lamb. HUGE reduction in cost.

[@ambersouthwick3509]

The cost in America is opposite from Canada. Its outrageously expensive to eat out in Canada. 1 meal at MacDonalds for my family of 5 is more than half of my weekly food budget at the grocery store. Where I live in Canada is also called "Ontarios Garden".

[@shimazutoyohisa2382]

Yo Kennedy Friend Chicken is fire. I don't want to hear any slander about that place. Its one of the hidden gems of NYC.

[@jdw5889]

"You don't crave broccoli" i lol'd

[@sinnerpeace]

the best "diet" is to not eat any process crap at all..including 'whole grains" once we get back to a very basic way of eating..man we will see major major changes in not only obesity rates but over all health.

[@leapinglemur452]

I turn away excess calories all the time. Excess calories are sold everywhere, really cheap. If you don't turn them down you will weigh 600 lbs.

[@constancemccoy6931]

Small bites, pause between bites, eat slowly, no processed sugar ,or added sugar in bread, yoghurt. Hidden yet high sugar content is in most foods.

[@michaelisennock8391]

9:46 John McEnroe? Anyone? Anyone? Dr. Shonkoff even SOUNDS like him!!

[@TheDrakelicious]

Americans can do anything! You can get out of this mess! Full support from us all. This is happening all over, so we can all benefit!

[@maril1379]

Excellent

[@MazDelaCerna]

Awesome work. Thanks for sharing!

[@stevetorres76]

Really it’s carbs , sugar “which sugar is a carb” and vegetable oil. And eating too many times per day. Especially processed carbs and sugary drinks. Even a lot of fruits like bananas are too high in sugar. A high animal fat low carb diet, non calorie restricted can does and will lower body weight, blood pressure and lower blood sugar. It works extremely well. Do you want to reverse diabetes? Lose weight? Improve your skin, improve your ADHD? If so I wish you the best of luck. Look up ketogenic diet with intermittent fasting on KZbin you will find many channels that will help you successfully do this. Exercise has little to do with it. It’s really about diet that helps the most.

[@LadyBludgeon]

Isn't this really Part 4 of this series?

[@Stinschen]

26:25 Very obvious security walking behind the mayor and the professors. Never seen that before - is that common in the us?

[@shanohu]

In bad neighborhoods, yes

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

I’ve been excercising consistently now for 7 years ,,,I was 2 stone overweight to start with ,people r genuinely amazed how young I look under 30 has been said a few times ,,, it does work