The weight of obesity ... a balanced reality : the family meal / produced and directed by Mickey Freeman ; writers, Joan Ryan, Lee Berman, Warren Zaretsky ; M.C. Films.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Freeman, Mickey (Mickey Charles), 1946- film director, film producer, photographer, editor of moving image work.

Ryan, Joan, screenwriter.

Berman, Lee, screenwriter.

Zaretsky, Warren, screenwriter.

M.C. Films (Firm)

Fanlight Productions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity in children--Prevention.

Obesity in children.

Obesity in adolescence--Prevention.

Obesity in adolescence.

Obesity--Prevention.

Obesity.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (19 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Family meal

Place of Publication:

[Boston, Massachusetts] : [Distributed by] The Fanlight Collection, [2017]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Obesity is second only to smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. Ironically, in the midst of this epidemic, American families are chronically under-nourished. It has been suggested that one cause of today's obesity crisis is the decline of the family meal. Under ever-increasing time and financial pressures, parents may be spending less time with their children, who may in turn feel isolated and depressed, and use food to make up for the vital nurturing connection that occurs when families eat together.

Credits:

Photographed & edited by Mickey Freeman ; original music, Tom Disher.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: M.C. Films, ©2005.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 1, 2017).

Publisher Number:

fn-meal Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.