Fed Up Page #5

study after study has shown soda

to be a significant contributor

to America's staggering obesity crisis.

Dr. Allison says there's not enough

"solid evidence."

But his critics say Allison

is motivated by something else...

by all the money

he has repeatedly taken.

from Coca-Cola, Pepsi.

and the American Beverage Association.

I know you've received a lot of

money from the food industry in general.

Was there evidence that said the

ingestion of sugary beverages

actually contributed

to the obesity problem?

Ingestion of all calories

contributes to the obesity problem.

One question you might ask

is whether sugary beverages

contribute more so

than do other calories.

That's a very

challenging question to ask.

Well, let me ask you that.

Do they?

It's a good question.

There's reasons to believe they might.

But I don't think the evidence

is quite clear. For example...

And what would be

the science behind that?

Well, the ideal study might be

requiring people to, uh, uh...

Excuse me. Let me start again on that.

Let me just get my thoughts together.

Okay.

We know sugared

beverage consumption

is producing diabetes and obesity.

It's just ridiculous

to think otherwise.

And, of course, research shows

it to be the case.

And people are getting wise

to industry-funded studies

that show the opposite.

If you're peddling Coca-Cola,

Pepsi, sugar water, Gatorade,

you don't want your food to be

considered inherently fattening,

just as the tobacco industry

would have preferred

that their product not been considered

inherently capable of causing cancer.

But just like cigarettes

literally cause lung cancer,

certain foods literally

make you fat.

This is a big bag.

What did you have for lunch?

- Let's tell the truth.

- Um...

Hamburger. French fries.

Milk and juice.

- Milk and juice?

- They give them both.

If you ever go on a diet,

and you try to eat healthier food,

your brain's still

telling you "Eat, eat, eat.

It's not what I want.

No, get something else."

You're still used to

that fattening stuff.

That's why it's hard

to go on a diet.

You ain't got

but a few more to go.

This time of night

you don't eat that many.

- Gotta savor the flavor.

- You gotta savor the flavor?

You gotta savor the flavor

'cause you only get so many chips.

I'm trying to lose weight.

My weight is pretty heavy. 180.

I'm a pretty heavy dude.

That's why I try to get exercise in,

eat some healthy food every day.

We, um,

started eating different things,

more fruits and vegetables.

We limit our starches.

We limit our breads.

We keep healthier snacks.

He loves Hot Pockets.

So they have Lean Hot Pockets.

So I make sure to have the lean ones

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