February 18, 2016
Thursday, February 18 - 7 pm - G002 Hesterberg Hall, Michigan Tech Forestry Building
Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis (2013)
Over the past three decades, obesity rates in the U.S. have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents -- and a startling 70% of adults are now obese or overweight. The result has been a widening epidemic of obesity-related health problems. While discussions about this spiraling health crisis have tended to focus on the need for more exercise and individual responsibility, Feeding Frenzy trains its focus squarely on the responsibility of the processed food industry and the outmoded government policies it benefits from. (63 min.)
