FED UP ---- Movie questions Name: Arah Payne Period: 1 1. What is the subtle message the media puts in peoples’ heads about being fat? (who is at fault?) It’s your fault you are fat. 2. All you need to do is eat less and exercise more. 3. Dr. Jean Meye studied mice and concluded lack of exercise must be related to weight gain. 4. Between 1980 and 2000 fitness memberships more than doubled across the U.S. during that same time, the obesity rate also doubled. 5. A decade later 2 out of 3 Americans are overweight or obese. 6. To burn off just one 20 ounce coke, you need to bike for 1 hour and fifteen minutes. 7. When your liver gets a lot of sugar at one time, it has no choice but to turn it into fat immediately. 8. The food/soft drink industry at the heart of the obesity epidemic? 9. Soft drink companies fund research in universities and they donate to professional societies.... Not true information, misleads people. 10. Dr. David Allison funded the study that said soft drinks do not have ANYTHING to do with the obesity epidemic? 11. The number of type II diabetes among adolescents in 1980 was 0 and in 2010 was 57,638!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12. When the food industry takes fat out of the food it tastes nasty, so they had to do something to make it still worth eating.... So they add sugar. 13. Sugar is contributing to the obesity problem. 14. List the diseases that are being driven by high consumption of sugar: a. Diabetes b. Heart Diseases c. Lipid problems d. Strokes e. Cancer 15. Insulin (which is a hormone) turns sugar into fat for storage. 16. Out of the many food items in America, 80% of them have ADDED sugar. 17. What foods contain sugar naturally?: Fruit 18. How much does the American Heart Association say the daily allowance of added sugar? 7.5 tsp. 19. What is the actual daily sugar intake of most Americans? 41 tsp. 20. World Health Organization (W.H.O) suggested limiting sugar to what scientists suggested- NO MORE than 10% of calories in your diet should come from sugar (not just added sugar) 21. Who greatly opposed this recommendation by the W.H.O.? Larry Craig and John Breaux. 22. How did the W.H.O. get persuaded into changing their recommendation? They were threatened with money. 23. Lobbyist for the sugar industry recommended 10% of the calories you consume come from sugar. (this is not scientific based... it is based on profits) 24. Michelle Obama started the “Let’s Move” campaign. 25. Let’s Move was designed to evoke better food for those to take on the obesity epidemic, not just exercise more. 26. The department of health creates the recommended dietary guidelines, what is the problem with this picture? 27. When they removed fat from milk, what happened to that fat and why did they do this? The leftover fat made cheese, the cheese was then sold with help from the government. 28. The government is subsidizing the obesity epidemic. 29. What president cut the school lunch program funding? Jimmy Carter 30. In 2010 President Obama signed a bill to make school lunch healthier . 31. When was the first rise in the school lunch program funding? 2012 32. How much of an increase was there? 80% 33. They count fries and pizza as servings of fruits and vegetables. 34. List 5 unhealthy choices that are offered in OUR (PHSCC) lunch program: a. Cookies on Wednesdays b. Pizza c. Sweet Tea d. Pink Lemonade e. Ice Cream on Fridays 35. List 5 ways/ideas you have to improve the nutritional quality of our lunch program here at PHSCC: think outside the box! a. Bring in more produce b. Use better ingredients c. Offer less sweets d. Stop offering crackers e. Offer more vegetables 36. What is it called by the media when the government tries to regulate the food industry? Food Regulation 37. Why do you think the media does this? To control the food 38. Do you think that advertisers should be prohibited from targeting children in their advertising ways? Yes, I think that advertisers should be prohibited from targeting children in their advertisements. 39. Trans fat is the most dangerous and lethal (deadly) fat to have on your body. 40. Vapes are the cigarettes of the 21’st century. 41. 95% of all Americans will be overweight or obese in two decades!!! 42. By 2050 1 out of EVERY 3 Americans will have diabetes. 43. What are three things that you can do to avoid eating too much added sugar in your diet? a. Change what I buy at the store. b. Stop going to the Spartan Store as much. c. No more sodas. 44. List two things that you learned from watching “Fed Up” AND how you will actually use it in YOUR life NOW or in the future: a. Too much sugar is bad, cut down on my sugar intake b. Avoid processed foods, buy more produce instead 45. How does being overweight affect everyday life for the kids in the film? (Especially related to bullying, teasing and self-esteem) People can see you as ugly or lazy and that can make you have low self-esteem 46. How did watching FED UP make you think about your own school, family or community? It made me realize that we need to cut down on sugar and processed foods 47. In what ways can you change your own unhealthy food habits? Eat more produce and cut down on sugar 48. Do we actually have choices in what we consume? Explain. Yes we do, we can choose to buy produce at the store instead of processed foods. 49. What does it mean to you to eat “healthier?” To eat more real foods and les sugar/processed foods 50. What types of foods are making young people overweight? Processed foods 51. Why is a calorie not a calorie? Explain the difference between almonds and soda with respect to calories. The fiber in an almond makes it take longer to consume, but with soda it takes no time to consume and then turns to fat. 52. What is processed food? Food that has unhealthy ingredients, food that isn’t real. 53. What do you think of the statement: “Sugar is poison?” It is true, we can become addicted and too much can harm us. 54. What are the side effects of a sugar heavy diet? You can get sick and your lifestyle will end up changing because you will crave sugar more and more. 55. Do you agree with the film’s argument that the junk food industry should be regulated the same way that the tobacco industry is being regulated? Why or why not? I agree, because junk food is harmful just like tobacco. 56. What happened to Michelle Obama’s ‘Campaign for Healthier Young People?’ It got more kids to get moving but it didn’t actually help the obesity problem. 57. Do you think it was brave for these young people to appear in a film like FED UP? Why or why not? Yes it was brave, they were speaking out against the food industry. 58. What effect do you think these young people’s participation has on the overall impact of the film? It had a good impact 59. What types of foods does your school cafeteria provide? Are they healthy options? If so, what do you see that has improved? If not, what would you like to see added? They mostly have healthy options, but they could cut down on the sugar. 60. How did you feel after watching FED UP? Reflect on what you thought, surprised you or if you agree/disagree and why. I agree with FED UP because sugar is dangerous; it can affect our lives, lifestyle and the way we look and feel.
