Obesity: problems of fat formation and overweight.

Duration: 12 min.

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1952

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Illustrates the physiology of fat formation in the human body, and explains some of the dangers of excess fat. Gives some of the reasons for overweight and emphasizes the importance of medical supervision when taking medicine or reducing pills. Animated drawings illustrate fat formation and utilization.

Complete Record: Dramatizes ways in which adults and children are handicapped by obesity. Reveals psychological and physiological causes of obesity and explains the seriousness of an overweight condition. Animated drawings illustrate fat formation and utilization. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:UNT Digital Library


3 users have this film:
AV Geeks Archive, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, Library of Congress


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