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Programmed to be fat? / Bullfrog Films presents ; produced by Dreamfilm Productions ; produced in association with CBC Television ; produced by Sue Ridout, Helen Slinger, Sara Darling ; written by Bruce Mohun and Helen Slinger ; directed by Bruce Mohun.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Research.
- Obesity.
- Endocrine disrupting chemicals.
- Weight gain--Environmental aspects.
- Weight gain.
- Obesity--Environmental aspects.
- Obesity--Endocrine aspects.
- Endocrine toxicology.
- Environmental toxicology.
- Environmentally induced diseases.
- Bisphenol A--Physiological effect.
- Bisphenol A.
- Plastics--Health aspects.
- Plastics.
- Diethylstilbestrol--Physiological effect.
- Diethylstilbestrol.
- Tributyltin--Environmental aspects.
- Tributyltin.
- Dioxins--Health aspects.
- Dioxins.
- Nicotine--Physiological effect.
- Nicotine.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2012]
- 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:
- "What if we are being programmed from birth to be fatter than we should be? That question is at the heart of new research into endocrine-disrupting chemicals, chemicals that may be contributing to the obesity epidemic. Over the past three decades, the developed world has become increasingly overweight, even after years of struggling to eat less and exercise more. Some scientists began to wonder whether there was another reason besides calories in and calories out, particularly when they noticed that lab animals used in experiments with chemicals were putting on weight. [The program] explores controversial new science that suggests exposure to man-made chemicals, starting in the womb, may be triggering changes to our metabolism that result in life-long weight gain.
- Participant:
- Host/narrator, David Suzuki.
- Credits:
- Editor, Tim Wanlin ; director of photography, John Collins.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally broadcast as an episode of the Nature of things on January 12, 2012 and produced by Dreamfilm Productions.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 29, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-pfat Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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