Killer at Large discussion #1

Dr, Shawn Talbott, executive producer of the hard hitting obesity documentary "Killer at Large" discusses the film and the causes and effects of the American Obesity Epidemic.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Documentary
• Obesity
• Shawn
• Talbott
• Shinebox
• Utah
• Health
• Crisis
• Nutrition
• Stress
• Diet

[scruethedemiurge]

We live in a culture of fast food, TV, motorized transport, and office work. It's no mystery why 1/3 of adults are obese and another 1/3 overweight. These are exactly the kind of people one would expect a society like ours to produce. The reason thin people are so admired is because their thinness shows that, in that respect, they've consciously, deliberately made of themselves the people they want to be, not passively let themselves become whatever their social environment would make of them.

[amphaynes]

soda machines should not be in schools, as high fructose corn syrup is ridiculous for you.

[angeldustfairy]

the killer at large is the parents that buy the junk

[fresca9990211]

@amphaynes Thank god I have water bootle machines at my school, this is BIG if people don't change their life style. In 20 to 40 years from now more than 60-70% of children in the USA and more than 40-50% in Canada would become obese what a sad world filled with propaganda, laziness and corprate takeover.

[DumiM1]

come on now, the guy says the message of calories in vs calories out isn't working, then he goes on to admit that people are eating too much. it's not the message, then is it? it's the people not heeding the message. for an otherwise normally functioning person(no diseases like met. X syndrome, etc.) it will come down to net calories. control calories more efficiently and see what happens. also, we should be classing people as obese or not by bodyfat percentage. lots of skinnyfat people out thre

[scruethedemiurge]

@P1nsta Nice work. I'm working on that myself. It's not easy, but it'll be worth it.

[scruethedemiurge]

@amphaynes I agree with you 100%. I'd go so far as to call it reckless endangerment.

[P1nsta]

@scruethedemiurge I like that :p i had to control my self, decipline to loose 30lbs :( but i did it :P

[TreeDwellnGnome]

@BeeZee1992 Yes, I used to work in the tourist area around Disney World. Funny, when I went to my internship in Washington, DC. I barely saw any obese people among the crowds. Social class has a lot to do with obesity. Just a fact.

[23skeedoo]

@strangemenssana VERY well said

[1sam1751]

"Little Debbie is a Rapist"

[clarisd]

One day you see something and you remember thinking at the time this dosen't effect me, but now it effects every living thing on the planet.