HBO: The Weight of the Nation / HEALTH

Name: ______

Directions: Fill in the answers to the following questions throughout the documentary. In addition write down at least 10 facts you hear or read during the documentary that you find interesting.

Video # 2: ______Date viewed: ______

The second film in the series poses a question that almost anyone who’s struggled with excess weight has asked, if only in jest: For all the remarkable high-tech tools available to medicine, for all the billions of dollars in drug research, there’s still no highly effective medication to prevent or reverse obesity – why?

  1. The National Institute of Health spends ______on obesity research each year.
  1. ______ounces of McDonalds Sweet Tea has ______calories in one cup.
  1. ______Kit-Kat bars has ______calories.
  1. Seven steps for losing weight:
  1. Start with ______.
  1. Make sure your goals are ______.
  1. Seek ______from those who can relate to your ______.
  1. Keep ______under control.
  1. Keep careful track of your ______.
  1. ______and structure your meals.
  1. Always make ______part of your life.
  1. List three macro nutrients:
  1. ______
  1. ______
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  1. Diets are usually based on illuminating ______of the three above.
  1. List two ways someone can save themselves from diabetes?
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  1. The risk of one twin will get diabetes if the other twin has it is ______percent.
  1. Weight around the midsection seems to lead to ______, diabetes, and high ______.
  2. The single best thing one can do for weight loss is to stop ______.
  1. Soda and other sugary drinks is the number ____ source of calories in our diet.
  1. A typical 20 oz. soft drink contains ______calories.
  1. Americans over consume about ______calories a day.
  1. Ounce for ounce, many juices and juice drinks have as many or more calories than ______.
  1. You have to complete how many minutes or hours of physical activity to burn the calories from the following foods:

1 chocolate chip cookie = ______minutes of jogging

1 slice of pizza = ______hour of physical activity

  1. A combination of ______and ______training is the most effective in terms of substaining weight loss and also in terms of reducing risk factors.
  1. The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend the following:
  1. At least ______minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity per week.
  1. Some form of muscle strengthening at least ______times a week.
  1. ______minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity every day for children.
  1. Weight gain is not just how much we eat, it also involves how much ______we have in our lives.
  1. Dr. Epel’s study focuses on the link between ______and weight loss.
  1. Foods high in fat and sugar stimulate the release of ______.

MAKE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR 10 ADDITIONAL FACTS!

10 additional FACTS from documentary that you found interesting:

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