Too Much of a Good Thing

A fascinating documentary that examines the connections between diet and health. Leading Australian nutritional scientists discuss the major “diseases of affluence” - cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes - that result from our everyday high fat, high salt, high sugar and low carbohydrate diet.

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Credits

producer

CSIRO

Duration

00:40:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017489

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nutrition

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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