Tipping the Scales

Discusses the problems that arise when food intake is not coordinated with energy output, examining both obesity and anorexia nervosa. Shows how the body stores and uses food, the effects of prenatal and early childhood diet, and psychological influences on eating habits.

More in Nature of Things Series

  1. Left Brain, Right Brain, Part 1: Left Brain
  2. Left Brain, Right Brain, Part 2: Right Brain
  3. Grouse Country 1972
  4. Newborn 1972
  5. Out of the Mouths of Babes 1973
  6. Out Of The Mouths Of Babes 1978
  7. The Differences Are Inherited 1978
  8. The Evolution Of Flight 1978
  9. The First Inch 1978
  10. Water's Edge, The, Pt 1 - The Unseen World 1978
  11. Water's Edge, The, Pt 2 - The Silent Explosion 1978
  12. Puffins, Predators And Pirates 1979
  13. Tipping the Scales 1982

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video