Fed Up

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Series/Themes: Food, Political and Social Issues, Special Guests

Genre: Documentaries

Film Year: 2014

Locations: USA

Film Length: 92 min

Director: Stephanie Soechtig

Featuring: Katie Couric, Dr. Mark Hyman, Michele Simon

Upending the conventional wisdom of why we gain weight and how to lose it, Fed Up unearths the American food industry’s secret: far more of us are sick from what we are eating than anyone has ever realized. Following the complicated lives of obese children fighting an uphill battle against their own health, the documentary explores whether the blame lies squarely on their shoulders. Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig along with executive producers Katie Couric and Laurie David explore why – despite media attention and government policies to combat childhood obesity, generations of kids will now live shorter lives than their parents.

Introduction by Brian Wheeler and Beth Meyer (U.Va.)

Discussion with Katie Couric, Dr. Mark Hyman, and Dr. Christine M. Burt Solorzano

Supported by Broad Axe Care Coordination, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and U.Va. Food Collaborative

Saturday, November 8
2:00 PM
UVA : Culbreth Theatre
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Upending the conventional wisdom of why we gain weight and how to lose it, Fed Up unearths the American food industry’s secret: far more of us are sick from what we are eating than anyone has ever realized. Following the complicated lives of obese children fighting an uphill battle against their own health, the documentary explores whether the blame lies squarely on their shoulders. Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig along with executive producers Katie Couric and Laurie David explore why – despite media attention and government policies to combat childhood obesity, generations of kids will now live shorter lives than their parents.

Introduction by Brian Wheeler and Beth Meyer (U.Va.)

Discussion with Katie Couric, Dr. Mark Hyman, and Dr. Christine M. Burt Solorzano

Supported by Broad Axe Care Coordination, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and U.Va. Food Collaborative

 UVA : Culbreth Theatre Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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