When to Watch
Fat: What They Aren't Telling You
Wednesday, Apr. 11 at 9 p.m. on Eight/KAET-TV
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Open abuse of fat people is the last accepted prejudice. As the number of obese Americans climbs to frightening levels, the quest for answers is becoming even more urgent. Obesity experts have a growing - and sobering - awareness of the complex human puzzle that is driving this epidemic and creating so much personal pain in a society that worships "thin." Is it genes? Is it metabolism" Is it stress, evolution or the lack of willpower? Why can't the brain control hunger? What drives us to keep eating when we know we're full? Fat What No One is Telling You gives viewers a window into the intense human dramas that rage inside people who have been labeled obese and the difficulty of solving their weight problem.
A 30-minute discussion will follow.
The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease In America
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 at 9 p.m. on Eight/KAET-TV
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Companion Podcast
This Valentine's Day do your heart and loved ones a favor by tuning into The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease In America, a PBS Health Campaign special on the number one killer of Americans, airing during National Heart Month.
How can a seemingly healthy 44-year-old suddenly drop dead from a massive heart attack? His case is not unusual, as the 90-minute documentary explains. More than half of all people who die of heart disease succumb suddenly without warning—and the other half have the disease lurking in their bodies for many years before it strikes. There is no cure, but doctors are making remarkable discoveries about the disease: where it starts, how it occurs, and what that means for us.
Program producer Elizabeth Arledge also produced The Forgetting, the acclaimed PBS special about Alzheimer's disease. Following the documentary, Larry King of CNN's Larry King Live and the Larry King Cardiac Foundation hosts Take One Step for a Healthy Heart, a half-hour discussion featuring some of the country's top medical experts and physicians who present important strategies and practical tactics for improving the health of your heart.
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