Video Resources

Hungry For Progress - Appetite, Genes and Drugs

Why do we feel hunger, what drives some people to eat to excess and is there anything scientists can do about it? In this film, Wellcome Trust, an independent research-funding charity that aims to improve human and animal health, meets with several experts determined to both understand and control our primal need to eat. One team of researchers is gradually unraveling the genetics of appetite, translating the genetic code into cures for severe obesity. While another team is hunting for a drug that can control appetite, potentially eliminating obesity altogether.

To view the video on Wellcome Trusts' YouTube page, click here.

@katiecouric: Americans and Food

Katie Couric of CBS news shared with The Obesity Society a recent segment she hosted titled Americans and Food. Katie hosts an online weekly webshow, @KATIECOURIC, and in the featured show below Katie addresses 'What we eat, why we eat so much of it, and what it means for our health'. Katie talks to former FDA Commissioner and author of “The End of Overeating” David Kessler, and Eric Schlosser, author of “Fast Food Nation” about the food in America. Below are some clips from the segment:

Obsessed with Food?
Why are we so focused on eating 24/7? Eric Schlosser tells Katie that marketing is to blame. David Kessler says our brains have been hijacked.

We Have to Change How We Look at Food
David Kessler says "we really have to change how we look at food."

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First Lady Campaigns Against Childhood Obesity

CBN News Washington Correspondent Jennifer Wishon covers First Lady Michelle Obamas' first big policy initiative called "Let's Move". The policy is geared toward encouraging kids to eat healthier and ending the childhood obesity epidemic in a generation. In the video below Jennifer speaks with Obesity Society member, Amanda Staiano. Amanda shares the health concerns our youth is now facing due to obesity, including type two diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

To view the full article, click here.

CBS REPORTS: Where America Stands

The statistics are startling. Sixty-seven percent of Americans are now overweight or obese. In the last thirty years, adult obesity rates have ballooned from fifteen percent in 1980 to thirty-four percent in 2006. Meanwhile, rates of obesity among children have more than tripled.

It's a growing problem that CBS News thought was important to highlight in their special series, "Where America Stands." In Seth Doane's report on "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," he traveled the country from Connecticut to California and from Texas to Michigan to look at the factors contributing to the epidemic and explore possible solutions. Seth Doane's report canvases the country to gauge the problem and put a human face on the issue.

In the video, Obesity Society member, Dr.Kelly Brownell likens the battle against obesity to the fight against tobacco. While there has been progress made in the fight against tobacco (including taxes, public education, and restrictions on advertising) the fight against obesity continues.

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PBS: About Life (Part 2) - Controlling the Boomer Belly

If you're a baby boomer, you are a member of the best-educated, healthiest, most privileged generation in American history. And you're also getting older. But you have zero intention of experiencing what used to be called "the Golden Years" the same way your parents did. No, the generation that came of age in the tumultuous 1960s is in the process of reinventing life after age 50.

Host Robert Lipsyte, an Emmy winner and former New York Times columnist, uses his tough-minded journalistic instincts, ever-ready wit, and very strong opinions to ensure that baby boomers overcome their denial and face facts: the time to do something about age-related issues is right now.

This episode of About Life (Part 2) looks into why getting older and gaining weight seem to go together so easily. Robert Lipsyte hosts a roundtable discussion with the leading professionals in the weight management field. Obesity Society President- Elect, Dr. Jennifer Lovejoy, Vice President, Dr. Patrick O'Neil, and Past President, Dr. Michael Jenson explain how bodies change over time, and what middle age American's can do to lead healthy lifestyles.

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Binks Behavioral Health

Binks Behavioral Health (BBH) is committed to developing and implementing health promotion programs that adhere to the highest scientific standards and best practices in Behavioral Medicine. BBH is dedicated to the development and integration of knowledge in the biological, medical, behavioral, psychological and social sciences as it relates to both health promotion and recovery from illness. Dr. Martin Binks is Clinical Director and CEO of Binks Behavioral Health PLLC (http://www.drbinks.com/). He is an Obesity Society member, and serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee. Dr Binks has worked extensively in the areas of obesity, health & wellness promotion, neuropsychology, substance abuse treatment, post-traumatic stress disorder and spinal cord injury.

Preventing Holiday Weight Gain: Dr Martin Binks provides helpful tips on managing weight during the holiday season.

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Lifestyle Change for Healthy Quality of Life: Overall health and well-being are about more than the number on the scale. Dr. Binks discusses a complete approach to health and quality of life.

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Finding Balance

Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
Running Time: (4:07) Release Date: 7/13/2009

CDC-TV has just released a new video in its "Health Matters" series "Finding a Balance" providing expert perspectives on caloric or "energy" balance and personal stories of how individuals have made changes in their lives to achieve this balance.

Synopsis: More than one third of U.S. adults are obese. Weight gain occurs when you consume more calories than your body uses. Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight will help you prevent and control many diseases and conditions. The key is FINDING A BALANCE in your lifestyle that includes healthy eating and regular physical activity.

Healthcare 411: Agency for Healthcare Research and Qaulity

Healthcare 411 is a news series produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. AHRQ’s mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Using the latest podcasting technology, these weekly audio and video programs feature AHRQ’s latest research findings as news and informational stories on current health care topics. Healthcare 411 gives consumers information they can use to improve the quality of their health care and help them navigate the health care system. It also provides AHRQ researchers and grantees an opportunity to share their findings and be heard beyond the research community.

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The State of our Health, The Health of our State: Obesity in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Medical Society and Hopkinton Community Television have teamed up with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to produce a special one-hour presentation of Physician Focus: The State of our Health, the Health of our State: Obesity in Massachusetts. The show brings together experts in obesity, nutrition, and fitness to highlight the personal and public health aspects of overweight and obesity.

The program has four segments examining the major aspects of obesity: (1) the causes and extent of the problem, (2) the personal and public health effects of obesity, (3) how to improve health through proper nutrition and fitness, and (4) what physicians and public and private organizations are doing to reduce and prevent overweight and obesity.

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Videos Exposing Weight Bias

To increase public awareness about weight bias, the Rudd Center has released three videos demonstrating myths and facts about weight predjudice, and the nature and extent of weight bias at home and in school, and at the doctor's office.

Two of the videos are hosted by former supermodel and activist Emme and feature Rudd Center experts including Rebecca Puhl, PhD, Director of Research & Weight Stigma Initiatives. Each video uses both expert commentary and dramatic representation to address the obstacles obese individuals face with weight bias in American society. The videos also present strategies to help combat this rapidly growing problem.

Weight Prejudice: Myths & Facts Video Discussion Guide

Weight Bias at Home and School Video Discussion Guide

Weight Bias in Health Care Video Discussion Guide

The Obesity Challenge: What Should the Next President Do?

The Obesity Society, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, National Journal - Washington, D.C 9/19/2007.

The conference looks at the budgetary and health implications of the nation’s rising obesity problem from the perspective of the major presidential candidates as well as health policy experts.

Click here to watch the Governor's Address

The Charlie Rose Science Series: Obesity and Nutrition

The panel discusses the rise in obesity in the US, along with its accompanying health concerns, such as type 2 diabetes. A number of obesity experts voice their opinions on the best measures to prevent further weight increases and to treat the existing health concerns.

Running Time: 56:40 Release Date: Jun 22, 2007
Charlie Rose - www.charlierose.com

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