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Publisher
Learning ZoneXpress
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (18 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Over the past few decades there has been a steady growth in portion sizes we're served. While many Americans have grown accustomed to oversized portions, these super-sized portions have brought rising rates of overweight and obesity. In Get Wise to Portion Size, viewers learn more about why portion size matters and how to eat the right amount for you"--Container.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (270 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travel through time on a culinary adventure that reveals the humble beginnings and climactic interludes of cuisine throughout the ages to reveal how food has made us who we are today, and how it shapes our future.
3) Thinner
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story of supernatural terror and countdown to the ultimate payback. A 109-year old gypsy, hell-bent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. With time running out and a torture so bizarre and powerful, even death seems a more likely option.
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"CONSEQUENCES examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. CHOICES offers viewers the skinny on fat, revealing what science has shown about how to lose weight, maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain. CHILDREN IN CRISIS documents the damage obesity is doing to our nation's children. Through individual stories, this film describes how the strong forces at work in our society...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a town where food drops from the sky like rain, young inventor Flint hopes to create something that will change everyone's life. However, when the weather takes a turn for the worse, the residents of the town of Chewandswallow will find their eating habits have drastically changed.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
℗2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 95 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals. Flint and his friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save the world again!
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2016, ©2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
""Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real."...
8) Planeat
Publisher
TrueMind
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The story of three men's life-long search for a diet, which is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of the planet ... With the help of some innovative farmers and chefs, [this film] shows how the problems we face today can be solved without simply resorting to a diet of lentils and lettuce leaves"--Container.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This chronicles what director Lathe Poland learned after he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He sought to find out why he got sick, because he didn't fit the classic picture of an adult onset diabetes sufferer. He quickly learned that much of what he knew about healthy eating was based on myths or fifty-year-old science. He searches out why Americas modern food culture is killing us. The upside? There is a lot that can be done!
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Each week chef Marcus Samuelsson, an immigrant himself, visits a new city to learn about the dynamic and creative ways a particular community has made its mark. Season Two has him visiting Seattle's Filipino community, West African neighborhoods in Houston, Philadelphia's Italian-Americans, the Portuguese in Boston, a widespread Armenian community throughout SoCal, and the Chinese traditions of Las Vegas.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (5 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow chef Marcus Samuelsson as he immerses himself in diverse immigrant communities and cuisines in cities across the US. In each hour, Marcus will travel to a different city and dive into a new food culture. He'll discover the important immigrant histories - and delicious culinary traditions - that shape the way America eats today.
12) Super size me
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 4 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One part Southern soul, one part Asian spice, and one part New York attitude, Chef Edward Lee is a Korean-American who grew up in Brooklyn, trained in NYC kitchens, and has spent the better part of a decade honing his vision at 610 Magnolia Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky. Edward Lee's culinary style draws inspiration from his Asian heritage, his New York training, and his embrace of the American South, coupled with the best ingredients from local...
14) City of Gold
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jonathan Gold pulls back the curtain on the perceived superficiality of Los Angeles to show viewers a genuine and vibrant world where ethnic cooking is a kaleidoscopic doorway to the mysteries of an unwieldy city and the soul of America.
15) Fed up
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Wide screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Katie Couric, the 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'...
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (780 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In his groundbreaking first series, Bourdain travels around the world indulging his taste for local cuisine and eccentric characters. Join Tony as he feasts on sushi in Tokyo, enjoys authentic Mexican cuisine, and traverses the Australian Outback on a memorable food journey. You never know what he'll say, who he'll meet, or what they'll have for dinner.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anthony Bourdain is a seasoned traveler who's hit up all corners of the globe many times over. More often than not, he has time to kill in some of the world's biggest airport hubs. Instead of sitting at the airport hotel, he sets out to explore each city in the short amount of time he has there. Watch as Tony quickly gathers local intel, faces the enemy of time and distance, gets off the tired old tourist path and tries something new, all within a...
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