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FAT OR FICTION
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
By today's medical definition, Brad Pitt is overweight,
and Russell Crowe is obese. The standards are even tougher for women.
But are those extra pounds really that bad? Maybe it's time we all
lighten up about fat. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge,
why one expert says America's war on weight is fraught with misinformation,
hysteria, and hypocrisy. Also, being fat and fabulous: a fat girls'
guide to life.
SEGMENT 1:
Morgan Spurlock won "Best Director"
at Sundance for his documentary "Super Size Me." We
hear a clip from the film, and Spurlock talks to Jim Fleming about
his experience of eating three meals a day at McDonald's for a
month. Also, film-maker Soso Whaley tried the same experiment,
but with vastly different results. She tells Jim what was different
about her choices that caused her to lose ten pounds and lower
her cholesterol.
SEGMENT 2:
Paul Campos is the author of "The Obesity
Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight Is Hazardous to Your
Health." He tells Steve Paulson that much of the evidence
cited by the diet industry is junk science and that our society
is heavily invested in maintaining un-realistic ideals of physical
perfection. Wendy Shanker is the author of "The Fat
Girl's Guide to Life." She tells Anne Strainchamps that she
prefers "fat" to the euphemisms and says that she is
healthy and happy despite her size.
SEGMENT 3:
Manny Yarborough is 6'7" tall, weighs
over 700 pounds, and is a former amateur world champion sumo wrestler.
He tells Steve Paulson about Sumo culture in Japan and says Sumo
wrestlers are as limber as ballet dancers. He acknowledges that
700 pounds is too much and says he will take weight off by exercising
first in the water. But, he says, Sumos put on good fat, not bad
fat.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 04-06-13-A.
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Books:
- Paul Campos, The Obesity Myth: Why America's
Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to your Health (Gotham
Books)
- Wendy Shanker, The Fat Girl's Guide to
Life (Bloomsbury)
Links:
Music:
- -- "Super Size Me"/Toothpick
(Con-Artist Records)
from the "Super Size Me" soundtrack
http://www.supersizeme.com
- -- "Super Size Me Suite"/Steve Horowitz
from the "Super Size Me" soundtrack
http://www.supersizeme.com
- -- "Super Size Me: the Collectors Re-Mix"/Steve
Horowitz
from the "Super Size Me" soundtrack
http://www.supersizeme.com
- -- "Sunday Gardena Blvd."/Money Mark
from the CD, "Mark's Keyboard Repair" (MoWax/A&M
Records)
http://www.moneymark.com
- -- "Livin' Like Kings"/Konishiki
from the CD, "KMS: Konishiki Master of Sumo" (125th
Street Records)
- -- "Have Clav Will Travel"/Money
Mark
from the CD, "Mark's Keyboard Repair" (Mo Wax/A&M
Records)
http://www.moneymark.com
Distribution dates:
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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