In partnership with Baxter Community Center and Our Kitchen Table, Well House will screen the new documentary, Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis, 6 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 18 at Baxter Community Center, 935 Baxter SE in Grand Rapids (49507).
Over the past three decades, obesity rates in the U.S. have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents. A startling 70% of adults are now obese or overweight. The result has been a widening epidemic of obesity-related health problems, including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and Type 2 diabetes. While discussions about this spiraling health crisis have tended to focus on the need for more exercise and individual responsibility, Feeding Frenzy trains its focus squarely on the responsibility of the processed food industry and the outmoded government policies it benefits from. The film lays bare how taxpayer subsidies designed to feed hungry Americans during the Great Depression have enabled the food industry to flood the market with cheap, addictive, high-calorie food products. It also looks at the multibillion-dollar marketing machine that makes sure every one of those surplus calories is consumed.
A discussion will follow the screening. This event is free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted. For more details email contact@wellhousegr.org.
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While discussions about this spiraling health crisis have tended to focus on the need for more exercise and individual responsibility, Feeding Frenzy trains its focus squarely on the responsibility of the processed food industry and the outmoded government policies it benefits from. The film lays bare how taxpayer subsidies designed to feed hungry Americans during the Great Depression have enabled the food industry to flood the market with cheap, addictive, high-calorie food products.
Feeding Frenzy The Food Industry Obesity & The Creation Of A Health Crisis
- Feeding frenzy Derek Brown looks back on a year of food scares as the nation gets ready to tuck into its annual Christmas feast Fri 24 Dec 1999 04.35 EST First published on Fri 24 Dec 1999 04.35 EST.
- Picking up where a number of recent high-profile films about the food industry have left off, Feeding Frenzy zeroes in on the sophisticated tactics the industry now employs to keep unhealthy processed food flowing into the global marketplace despite growing awareness about its dangers.