Fed Up (2014)

An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.

Director:

Stephanie Soechtig

Writers:

Mark Monroe, Stephanie Soechtig

Stars:

Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Katie Couric	...	Narrator
Bill Clinton	...	Self (as President Bill Clinton)
Michael Bloomberg	...	Self (as Mayor Michael Bloomberg)
Michael Pollan	...	Self
Mark Hyman	...	Self (as Mark Hyman M.D.)
Joe Lopez	...	Self
Wesley Randall	...	Self
Gary Taubes	...	Self
Mark Bittman	...	Self
Marion Nestle	...	Self
Brady Kluge	...	Self
Robert Lustig	...	Self
David Kessler	...	Self
Maggie Valentine	...	Self
Kelly Brownell	...	Self

Storyline

Upending the conventional wisdom of why we gain weight and how to lose it, Fed Up unearths a dirty secret of the American food industry-far more of us get sick from what we eat than anyone has previously realized. Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and TV journalist Katie Couric lead us through this potent exposé that uncovers why-despite media attention, the public's fascination with appearance, and government policies to combat childhood obesity-generations of American children will now live shorter lives than their parents did.

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Plot Keywords:

title directed by female | food industry | government policy | obesity | f rated | 

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Taglines:

Congress says pizza is a vegetable.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements including smoking images, and brief mild language

Did You Know?

Trivia

After viewing this movie, writer/director/podcaster Kevin Smith cut the sugar from his diet and began rapidly losing weight.

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Connections

Features The Colbert Report (2005)

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Soundtracks

FASTER
Performed by Matt Nathanson
Courtesy of Vanguard Records
under license from Universal Music Group
Written by Matt Nathanson (as Matt Adam Nathanson), Mark Weinberg (as Mark M Weinberg)
(c) EMI Music Publishing Inc (ASCAP) Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Published by Little Victories Music (ASCAP)

User Reviews

This may be the most important movie a parent ever sees.

Incredible documentary. Actually seeing people speaking the truth and exposing the food industry is so fulfilling. I applaud every one of those people who have a conscience and are more worried about protecting our children and future generations than filling their pockets with our new God, Money.

I laughed so hard at the part where they replaced the "Half the fat" label with "Double the sugar", it reminds me of super markets who make bigger shopping carts and brand them as "for your shopping convenience" rather than, "So you can buy more stuff and we can make more money."

My only regret with this movie is that I didn't see it 30 years ago. I've heard for years about how bad sugar is for you and not to drink pop and always shrugged it off. Sometimes you have to see a documentary like this for it to really sink in. I already know who I'm giving my last bag of sugar to.

A huge THANK YOU! to the creators of this movie from this parent.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fed Up

Filming Locations:

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$126,028, 11 May 2014

Gross USA:

$1,538,899

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,546,229

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atlas Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1