Are we fat because of man-made chemicals?
New science links environmental chemicals to the global obesity epidemic.
Controversial new science is raising suspicion that chemicals in the environment may be programming us to be fat. And it starts before we’re even born. That’s the subject of a new Dreamfilm documentary called Programmed to be Fat?.
We’re fat. Really fat. Almost 60% of Canadians are now either overweight or obese, and that figure is expected to climb even higher. But what if we have an excuse?
In Programmed to be Fat?, they explore controversial new science that suggests being overweight is not just the result of too much food, too little exercise, and genetics. Exposure to environmental chemicals such as Bisphenol A, pesticides and herbicides during fetal development may be changing our physiology forever.
Programmed to be Fat? is directed by Bruce Mohun, written by Bruce Mohun and Helen Slinger, and produced by Sue Ridout, Helen Slinger and Sara Darling for Dreamfilm Productions in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. You can watch the documentary online at The Nature of Things website. If you get a chance, watch this documentary and let us know what you think, your comments are important to us.
Premiered January 12, 2012 on CBC TV’s “The Nature of Things” with David Suzuki.
In Programmed to be Fat?, they explore controversial new science that suggests being overweight is not just the result of too much food, too little exercise, and genetics. Exposure to environmental chemicals such as Bisphenol A, pesticides and herbicides during fetal development may be changing our physiology forever.
That, say some scientists, could explain the alarming statistics on obesity – like the fact that the number of overweight infants rose 74% in just twenty years. Scientists are now moving beyond their mice and rat studies, to test the theory in people. In Programmed to Be Fat?, they get the skinny on the science of fat.
Now, scientists are going beyond animal research to human population studies, testing the theory that fetal exposure to man-made chemicals is a key reason for our global obesity epidemic. Endocrine disruptors are all around us – in plastic, in cans, in the water we drink, in the food we eat. They’re not supposed to enter our bodies, but they do. If they’re proven to cause weight gain, the implications for human health are profound.
Programmed to be Fat? is directed by Bruce Mohun, written by Bruce Mohun and Helen Slinger, and produced by Sue Ridout, Helen Slinger and Sara Darling for Dreamfilm Productions in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. You can watch the documentary online at The Nature of Things website. If you get a chance, watch this documentary and let us know what you think, your comments are important to us.
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