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Scientific American Frontiers. Losing it / written, produced and directed by John Angier ; produced by the Chedd/Angier Production Company, Inc.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diet--United States.
- Diet.
- Food habits--United States.
- Food habits.
- Nutrition--United States.
- Nutrition.
- Weight gain--United States.
- Weight gain.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Arlington, VA] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Follows a group of 12 persons for several months as they adopt different strategies for weight loss, ranging from online diet systems to gastric bypass surgery. Also looks at research that attempts to explain the body's complex weight-regulation systems, and to explain, among other things, why dieting is difficult.
- Participant:
- Hosted by Alan Alda.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014).
- OCLC:
- 884831072
- Publisher Number:
- ASP2361405/marc
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