Fed Up

Katie Couric narrates this eye-opening, ire-producing, must-see, candid, educational, 92-minute documentary that exposes misconceptions about the food industry from advertising to the science of burning calories, governmental blunders and coverups, the shocking truth about school lunch programs, and the frustrations of overweight students (Brady Kluge [age 15], Maggie Valentine [age 12], Wesley Randall [13], and Joe Lopez [14]) through interviews with physicians (Dr. Robert Lustsig, Dr. Mark Hyman, and Dr. David Ludwig), writers (Gary Taubes Harvey Karp, Michael Pollan, and Michael Moss), Director of Fitness Policy Margo Wootan, President of Eat Drink Politics Michele Simon, nutritionist Dr. Marion Nestle, former President Bill Clinton, former FDA Commissioner David Kessler, journalists Michael Bittman and Duff Wilson, Dean of Public Policy Kelly D. Brownell, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, school cafeteria worker Vivian Phillips, senator Tom Harkin, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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