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Films about obesity, a condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it may have a negative effect on health. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
I Am Losing Weight (Russian: Я худею, romanized: Ya khudeyu) is a 2018 Russian sports comedy film directed by Aleksey Nuzhnyy. [2] The film stars Aleksandra Bortich, Irina Gorbacheva, Yevgeny Kulik and Roman Kurtsyn.
200 Pounds Beauty (Korean: 미녀는 괴로워; "Beauty is painful") is a 2006 South Korean musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa. [2] It is based on the Japanese manga Kanna's Big Success!
A Matter of Fat is a 1969 documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by William Weintraub. [1] It chronicles the efforts of a 358-pound man, Gilles Lorrain, to lose half his body weight as part of a hospital supervised weight loss program.
Fat Head is a 2009 American documentary film directed by and starring comedian Tom Naughton. The film seeks to refute both the documentary Super Size Me and the lipid hypothesis , a theory of nutrition started in the early 1950s in the United States by Ancel Keys and promoted in much of the Western world.
Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...
The film focuses on Rick Zakowich, a 40-year-old, 400-pound Winnipeg man who sets out to lose half his body weight, but then decides to accept himself the way he is. The film follows Zakowich's journey to self-acceptance, as he goes on to found a self-help group for large-size men and became an activist for fat acceptance. [1] [2]
Your Fat Friend is a documentary film directed by Jeanie Finlay.It follows author Aubrey Gordon for several years before and including the publication of her first book, What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, including breaking her anonymity as a blogger, the launch of her podcast Maintenance Phase, and the impact of her writing, including on her relationships with her parents.