Fed Up

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Movie
Original title Fed Up
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2014
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK o. A.
Rod
Director Stephanie Soechtig
script Stephanie Soechtig
Mark Monroe
production Laurie David
Katie Couric
Stephanie Soechtig
Sarah Olson
Eve Marson
Kristin Lazure
Sarah Gibson
camera Scott Sinkler
cut Brian David Lazarte
Tina Nguyen
Dan Swietlik
occupation

Fed Up is a documentary of the US director Stephanie Soechtig , the causes of the widely used in the United States strong overweight investigated. Focusing on the causes of obesity in the United States, the film shows evidence that the large amounts of sugar in food processing are an overlooked root of the problem and points to the monetary lobbying power of food producers. The influences of these on politics are also presented.

content

Fed Up shows how the first dietary guidelines, issued by the US government 30 years ago, overlooked the role of dietary sugar in increasing the risks of obesity and diabetes . Eat less, Exercise more: Because this guideline effectively condoned unlimited addition of sugar to foods consumed by children, sugar consumption has increased sharply, obesity has increased sharply, and generations of children have grown fatter than their parents. These children face impaired health and shorter life spans. Mark Hyman's film takes a look back at the past up to the 1950s. Until then, strength building exercises were frowned upon. They are even harmful and impair sexual function. In the 1950s, the French-American scientist Jean Mayer clearly demonstrated the link between lack of exercise and obesity, which led to the start of the fitness wave (bodybuilding, weight training, aerobics). But why are people who flock to the gyms getting fatter? Because the belief that you just have to move more is a mistaken belief, according to experts.

As the relationship between high sugar consumption and poor health increased, the sugar industry pushed its way with almost unlimited financial lobbying resources and blocked attempts by parents, schools, states, and congressmen to provide healthier diets for children. When Ronald Reagan took over government in 1981, money for school meals was cut and the children in schools were fed by companies. Examples from school canteens are shown, where only fast food is offered. The film ends with a list of 20 companies whose representatives refused to speak to the filmmakers.

production

For over two years, the director Stephanie Soechtig accompanied families who have major problems with obesity, diabetes and other health problems. The journalist and television celebrity Katie Couric co- produced this film and acted as narrator.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. The RADiUS-TWC then secured the rights to this film. The film premiered in the United States on May 9, 2014.

reception

Fed Up received good reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film got 82% positive reviews.

In her LA Weekly review , Amy Nicholson praised the film and called it the Inconvenient Truth of the Health Movement. Geoffrey Berkshire wrote in Variety, "Stephanie Soechtig's documentary effectively delivers the message of America's addiction to unhealthy food." Indiewire's Robert Cameron Fowler said the film got its message loud and clear: "We need to change our food"

swell

  • Sugar, Come Out With Your Hands Up in the New York Times
  • An Inconvenient Truth About Our Food in the New York Times
  • Fed Up 'movie review: The sins of sugar in the Washington Post
  • Fed Up 'documentary lays blame for American obesity on food industry in the LA Times

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Is Sugar the New Cigarettes? Fed Up, a New Sundance film Thinks So . Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 8, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.villagevoice.com
  2. ↑ Katie Couric is 'Fed Up' with childhood obesity . Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ Sundance Curiosities: Will 'Fed Up' Be the Last Straw for America's Food Industry? . Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Lowe, Peggy (May 19, 2014). "'Fed Up' Portrays Obese Kids as Victims in a Sugar-Coated World." NPR.org . Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ This Documentary Is 'Fed Up' With the Food Industry and Its Fed Friends . Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  6. ^ Sundance: Katie Couric Dishes on Her New Documentary 'Fed Up' (VIDEO) . Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved on April 8, 2014.
  7. ^ Sundance: RADIUS-TWC Buys Katie Couric-Narrated Docu 'Fed Up' . Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  8. ^ Sundance: Radius-TWC Picks Up Katie Couric-Produced Documentary 'Fed Up' . Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  9. ↑ WATCH: You May Never Eat Again After Seeing This Trailer for 'Fed Up' . Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ Fed Up Film Examines Food Industry . Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved on April 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ Fed Up (2014) . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  12. ↑ Is Sugar the New Cigarettes? Sundance's Fed Up Thinks So . Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved on April 8, 2014.
  13. ↑ Sundance Film Review: 'Fed Up' . Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  14. ↑ Sundance Review: Katie Couric-Produced Obesity Doc 'Fed Up' Hits the Mark . Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  15. ↑ Manohla Dargismay: Sugar, Come Out With Your Hands Up . In: The New York Times , May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014. 
  16. ↑ Mark Bittman: An Inconvenient Truth About Our Food . In: The New York Times , May 13, 2014. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014. 
  17. ↑ Michael O'Sullivan: 'Fed Up' movie review: The sins of sugar . In: The Washington Post , May 8, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014. 
  18. ↑ Mary Macvean: Fed Up 'documentary lays blame for American obesity on food industry . In: Los Angeles Times , May 9, 2014. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014.