"globesity-fat's new frontier" documentary on world dietary changes (thanks, nestle, mcd's etc)

[niyad]

Obesity is no longer just a rich country's problem. It's now taken hold in poor and emerging countries and is rapidly developing into an insurmountable health crisis. Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers are on the march in nation's ill equipped to treat sufferers or educate others about the dangers of getting too fat. It's predicted that by 2030 one billion people will be obese, so how will the world cope with its ever expanding waistline?

[GreatGazoo]

1. A 60-minute doc that barely skimmed the surface on this topic.

Very little information is conveyed beyond: processed food pushed by multi-nationals is driving weight gain in Mexico, Brazil and India. This documentary goes nowhere in 60 minutes. For example, it does not look at nations which are further along in this process such as the US. Sales of soda in the US peaked over a decade ago. Sales at McDonalds continue to fall despite all the advertising and social marketing, despite billions of dollars in market research and promotion...why?

There is a lot of new research and thinking around diet and obesity right now. Recent studies are looking at the role of antibiotics, vaccinations, trace elements, air conditioning, gut bacteria, probiotics, disruption of satiation mechanisms and sleep patterns. Far more interesting stuff that was never mentioned in this doc.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

2. I'm not inclined

to blame fast food companies for the fact that people don't have the will power to not eat fast food.

[niyad]

3. perhaps you could actually watch the doc first.