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1) The whale
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reclusive English teacher, living alone in the wake of a tragedy, attempts to reconnect with his teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption in filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's transcendent, emotional epic. Nominated for three Academy Awards and featuring a career-defining performance from Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE is a deeply moving story of heartache, empathy, and grace.
2) Fed up
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Katie Couric, this film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right'...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This documentary explains our psychological responses to food, shares new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating, and human metabolic operation. Shows how external pressures such as oversized restaurant portions and the unending barrage of food advertisements make fighting fat so difficult. Also features real Americans telling their stories about the biological barriers, cultural habits, and economic realities contributing to their struggle to...
Language
English
Formats
Description
When misfit Irene gets suspended, she is assigned two weeks of community service at a retirement home. Following her passion for cheerleading, she enlists the seniors to audition for a talent-search reality show. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Winner of the Comedy Vanguard award at the **Austin Film Festival**. Winner of Best Feature Film and Best Writing in a Feature at the **Canadian Comedy Awards**. *"There's...
5) Shallow Hal
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Hal, a shallow man who only dates physically beautiful woman is taught to see women's inner beauty by a self-help guru so he does not see that his new girlfriend is extremely obese.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aside from a secret affair with a housewife (Mary Steenburgen), Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother (Leonardo DiCaprio), and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing will ever change, a beautiful stranger (Juliette Lewis) arrives on the scene, capturing his heart. Nominated...
Language
English
Description
James is a struggling actor, living with his widowed mother in Chicago, who wants three things in life: someone to love, a great part, and to lose weight. Unfortunately, he is 0 for 3. His girlfriend dumps him, he loses a title acting role, and he sneaks out of an Overeaters Anonymous meeting only to wind up at an ice cream parlor. There, he meets Beth who quickly wins his heart, but will this cause James more problems than it solves? Or has he finally...
9) The whale
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
10) Super size me
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The raveling of the American obesity epidemic.
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Pretty, popular, athletic 17-year-old Aly is on the fast track to college when an accident blows out her knee and any chance for an athletic scholarship. A documentary contest, and her mother's constant struggle with weight, gives her the idea to go undercover at high school wearing a 'fat suit' and hidden camera to prove that personality can outshine physical difference. Aly has always been slim and confident, so she is totally unprepared for the...
12) Humble pie
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A well meaning but socially awkward grocery clerk struggles with his troubled family and huge waistline as he seeks dignity, a higher purpose in life, and, at long last, a driver's license.
13) A big love story
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Sam is a former college football star who loses his chance to play in the NFL with a blown out knee. Seven years later he is working minimum wage and weighing in at a deadly 413lbs. Dedicated to making a change, both in his life and his weight, he meets personal trainer Cassie.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Lustig explains that the problem is the quality and not the quantity of food people eat. The real culprit is processed food, loaded with added sugar and stripped of its natural fiber and nutrients. He is leading the groundswell to expose the high sugar content in processed food, and the dangers and costs to our health.
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