Most dieticians have been telling us that to lose weight we must eat less and exercise more.
A news film called “Fed Up” is challenging that theory raising the possibility that it is sugary foods and simple carbs like noodles, potatoes, white rice and bread are the real culprits.Americans have long been told that the cure for obesity is simple: Eat fewer calories and exercise more.
The film “has as executive producers Katie Couric, the former anchor of “The CBS Evening News,” and Laurie David, who was also a producer of the global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” Ms. Couric, who narrates the film, said she came up with the idea after years of covering the obesity epidemic left her with more questions than answers,” writes the New York Times.
“What struck me was that the more I reported on childhood obesity and the longer I was in this business, the worse the problem seemed to be getting,” Ms. Couric told the Times. “I felt like we were never really giving people a handle on what was causing this and why the rates were skyrocketing the way they were.”
“The film draws on commentary from obesity experts and nutrition scientists, and it tells the stories of several obese children around the country who struggle to lose weight despite strict dieting and in some cases hours of daily exercise. But at the heart of the film is a question that is widely debated among scientists: Are all calories equal?”
