Fat: What No One Is Telling You. On PBS.

I am so excited, I can’t wait to watch this new promising program… Finally a documentary about obesity and weight loss, from another, much real perspective.

With 66 percent of U.S. adults either overweight or obese, our girth is a serious public health issue. Yet many of us still view being overweight as a character flaw, a lack of self-control, or even a moral crime.

But does fat really equal failure? “FAT: What No One Is Telling You” explores the myriad psychological, physiological and environmental factors that can make it so tough to shed pounds and keep them off. In this documentary, Executive producer Naomi Boak and producer/director Tom Spain, both Emmy Award honorees, share new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating, and human metabolic operation. This film also explains our psychological responses to food, and shows how external pressures (such as oversized restaurant portions and the unending barrage of food advertisement) make fighting fat so difficult, both on the personal and national levels.

"Fat: What No One Is Telling You" a new 90-minute PBS documentary airs today. (Click here for schedules and more info).

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[Ellen Soto]

Thank you for highlighting this important program.

On WPBT Channel 2/Miami at 9:00 p.m.
Fat: What No One Is Telling You

At 10:30 p.m.
Fat: A South Florida Perspective
This WPBT original production invites local experts to discuss the epidemic of obesity with a look at how the school system might help fight childhood obesity and the option of surgery for adults.

Guests include:
Dr. Robert Schwartz
Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
University of Miami

Dr. Samuel Szomstein
Bariatric Surgeon
Cleveland Clinic

Carol Chong, MA.,RD.,LD/N
Director; Food and Menu Management
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Dr. Gary Hill
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Nova Southeastern University