I saw that this documentary was coming out Tonight. It looks really interesting. Here's the summary by the tv station:
THE LENS
(Tuesday March 11 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld)
MY BIG FAT DIET
Supersize Me meets Northern Exposure in My Big Fat Diet when a First Nations community off Vancouver Island gives up sugar and junk food, returning to a traditional style of eating for a year to fight obesity and diabetes. Together they'll lose over 1200 lbs and are now calling on other First Nations to take the weight loss challenge.
My Big Fat Diet chronicles how the Namgis First Nation follows a diet study led My Big Fat Diet chronicles how the Namgis First Nation follows a diet study led by Dr. Jay Wortman and sponsored by Health Canada and the University of British Columbia. Through the stories of six people, it documents a medical and cultural experiment that may be the first of its kind in North America.
Watch an excerpt and discuss this film online.
http://www.cbc.ca/thelens/bigfatdiet/
THe links to Wortman's blog are pretty interesting too.
THE LENS
(Tuesday March 11 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld)
MY BIG FAT DIET
Supersize Me meets Northern Exposure in My Big Fat Diet when a First Nations community off Vancouver Island gives up sugar and junk food, returning to a traditional style of eating for a year to fight obesity and diabetes. Together they'll lose over 1200 lbs and are now calling on other First Nations to take the weight loss challenge.
My Big Fat Diet chronicles how the Namgis First Nation follows a diet study led My Big Fat Diet chronicles how the Namgis First Nation follows a diet study led by Dr. Jay Wortman and sponsored by Health Canada and the University of British Columbia. Through the stories of six people, it documents a medical and cultural experiment that may be the first of its kind in North America.
Watch an excerpt and discuss this film online.
http://www.cbc.ca/thelens/bigfatdiet/
THe links to Wortman's blog are pretty interesting too.
WAAAAAAA!!!!
