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Summary:

Since the mid-1970s, there has been a tripling of the number of children who are overweight or at risk for being overweight. This film discusses some of the reasons for this phenomenon--there is little physical exercise, and there is poor food choice for children due to things such as the ease of fast food, tv advertisements, and vending machines and poor food lunches in schools. The result of this rise in obesity among children is an accompanying rise in physical problems associated with obesity formerly seen in adults, such as heart disease, type II diabetes, and sleep apnea. The film closes by showing a variety of activities and programs that can fight obesity in children. School lunches can be made more healthy and children can be made more involved with their food (such as growing a garden), physical education programs can be (re)instituted into the curriculum, and family-centered activities can be developed.

Contributors:

Light, Allie

Seymour, Larry

Yacker, Fawn

Saraf, Irving

Evans, Nancy

Fanlight Productions

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned.

Subjects:

Obesity in children

Obesity in adolescence

Children — Nutrition

Children

Genres:

Motion pictures

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

System Details:

VHS.

Production Credits:

Videographers, Fawn Yacker ... [et al.]; music, Larry Seymour.

General Notes:

Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (approximately 31 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Physical Characteristics:

polyester; 1/2 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

analog; magnetic; mono

Video Characteristics:

VHS; NTSC

Call Numbers:

MV 10090

ISBNs:

1572954299

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Fanlight Productions: VH-429

OCLC Numbers:

65398555