Finding Perspective -- "FAT" Trailer
The trailer of " FAT " a documentary by Vinnie Tortorich, discusses about "the history behind widespread myths and lies regarding healthy eating, fat and weight loss" (Tortorich). The trailer features people from the medical field and health-related associations, the health-related facts they give and their opinions on widespread myths of gaining weight/fat. PERSPECTIVE Right in the beginning of Tortorich's trailer, we hear that "[America has only] gotten fatter" showing that the main perspective the trailer has the issue of obesity in America, as a problem that has only regressed and an issue that has gotten worse (Tortorich). The trailer's perspective also places emphasis on how many of us "[has] gotten [fat] completely backwards", meaning that many of us don't understand what fat does in our bodies, how to prevent gaining fat, and other fat-related topics (Teicholz). Tortorich also states that though "the government was co