Documentary on Poverty affecting Obesity Synopsis and Analysis

Daniel Bustan

Mr.Hendlish

Period B

April, 13, 2015

Documentary on Poverty affecting Obesity Synopsis and Analysis

            The documentary starts off with the talking of obesity. They said that since people live in poor towns, that affects what they eat and how that can affect them. People were explaining how that their towns are poor; it’s hard to find a super market near them/in their town. They would have to resort to unhealthy food like McDonalds and such. They also didn’t get the opportunity to eat healthy because they were either very stressed or too busy, and since they lived in a poor environment, they didn’t have enough money in order buy healthy food so they stuck with cheap junk food.

After being interviewed the mayor of that town decided to make a change. He couldn’t build supermarkets, but he started hiring people that would be food vendors, but they could only sell fresh greens and fruits. He also put in unhealthy food stores fridges that hold fruits and veggies to sell to people that don’t want to buy unhealthy food. A lot of people were affected by this, and a lot of them enjoyed it. It helped most of people’s life be affected for the good. It helped people get their life back on track and the mayor enjoyed seeing his people starting to eat healthy and not from unhealthy fast food chains.

Analysis on Documentary

            I learned from that documentary that a lot of towns are poor and that most of them don’t have what we have. It’s amazing how people who own many Fast Food companies take advantage of poor towns and cities. It differs what I learned in Ancient history because poverty affected food and in Ancient History that wasn’t a problem (I’m pretty sure it isn’t). I would recommend this Documentary to a friend because it shows how the environment can change EVERYTHING, such as what type of food would be in that town and how it can affect people. It also shows how poverty affects many people and their health.

A lot of things surprised me, how the government doesn’t even try to help out. And also it surprised me how the mayor didn’t decide to do anything until the interview. I felt like they did a good job presenting how they changed the environment around them with healthy vendors, and fridges. I wish they just made it a little bit more detailed. This helped me motivate me in contributing my ideas and energy because it shows how anything could help the poor especially good/healthy food.

Sources

"The Weight of the Nation: Poverty and Obesity (HBO Docs)." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJnm5X9NN0