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For the rest of the semester we will be watching a four part series entitled The Weight of the Nation on Thursdays and will be learning about this epidemic that is taking over the United States as well as ways that you can make healthier choices.
About the Project
Bringing together the nation’s leading research institutions, THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.
The centerpiece of THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION campaign is the four-part documentary series, each featuring case studies, interviews with our nation’s leading experts, and individuals and their families struggling with obesity. The first film, CONSEQUENCES, examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. The second, CHOICES, offers viewers the skinny on fat, revealing what science has shown about how to lose weight, maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain. The third, CHILDREN IN CRISIS, documents the damage obesity is doing to our nation’s children. Through individual stories, this film describes how the strong forces at work in our society are causing children to consume too many calories and expend too little energy; tackling subjects from school lunches to the decline of physical education, the demise of school recess and the marketing of unhealthy food to children. The fourth film, CHALLENGES, examines the major driving forces causing the obesity epidemic, including agriculture, economics, evolutionary biology, food marketing, racial and socioeconomic disparities, physical inactivity, American food culture, and the strong influence of the food and beverage industry. SOURCE: http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/about-the-project
Directions: Fill in the answers to the following questions throughout the documentary. In addition write down at least 10 facts you hear or read during the documentary that you find interesting.
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The first film in The Weight of the Nation series examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese.
1. How many children are obese? ______
2. What percentage of Americans are overweight and obese? ______
3. What did the Bogalusa Heart Study discover about heart disease?
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4. When obese children reach adulthood they are ______more likely to develop high blood pressure than healthy weight children.
5. How many Americans are able to maintain a healthy weight? ______
6. What does the documentary say about genetics and obesity?
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7. Is obesity caused by environmental factors? ______
8. What is a good blood pressure? ______
9. What percentage of obese children have 2 or more cardiovascular risk factors? ______
10. Being overweight or obese increases a child’s risk of developing asthma by ______.
11. What are the 7 factors of ideal cardiovascular health?
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12. What percentage of people actually meet all 7 factors? ______
13. What percentage of adults have excess fat in the liver? ______
14. Can a liver return to normal after an obese person loses weight? ______
15. How many people are pre-diabetic? ______
16. What is type I diabetes?
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17. What is type II diabetes?
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18. How much does obesity cost per year? ______
10 additional FACTS from documentary that you found interesting:
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