Episode of Series “The Nature of things”
A very topical film on why people and animals are fat or thin. It states that our weight is not determined by food consumption and level of activity but by the number of fat cells programmed into the body at childhood.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015957
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heredity
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nutrition
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Obesity
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biochemistry
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heredity
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)