1. Why are thin people
not fat?
Chama Laatik & Joris Berthelot
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2. Do you think you have good food habits?
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3. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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4. Why this documentary?
Trending worldwide topic
Fat future spotted
Why should I care about diet and not
you?
BBC Two, 2008
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/why-are-
thin-people-not-fat/
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5. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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6. Let’s experiment!
10 young people
Always thin
Average weight ≈ 55 Kg
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7. Let’s experiment!
Experiment leader : Pr. Nystrom
The deal:
35 000 kcal a week during 4 weeks
15% weight increase expected
Poor physical activity ( < 5000 steps /
day)
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8. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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9. What’s fatness?
Oil drop in fat cells
Energy resource
Famine survivor
Fat cells increase process
Irreversible
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10. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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11. Documentary sample
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12. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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13. Experiment results
6 cm belly size increase in 2 weeks
9.9% weight gain (≈ +6.5 Kg)
8% weight gain but in muscles
Clinically felt « overweight »
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14. Experiment results
Overeating even
not hungry
Can’t eat when fill up
Best award for chocolate
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15. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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16. Origins of obesity
Gene pool
Chicken virus
Food quality
Lack of education and self-control
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17. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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18. Sum up
Back to normal weight after 1 month
Body naturally tries to rid of excess
weight
Weight factor is genetically determined
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19. Sum up
Brain will ever act like it is starved
Bring into question food habits
Avoid unnecessary overfeeding
Diet compromise
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20. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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21. Vocabulary
Flabby
Cope
Overfeed
To rid of
Drop
Belly
Cross over
Fill up
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22. Vocabulary
Flabby ➡ Flasque
Cope ➡ Surmonter/lutter
Overfeed ➡ Sur-alimentation
To rid of ➡ Se débarasser de
Drop ➡ Goutte
Belly ➡ Ventre
Cross over ➡ Muter
Fill up ➡ Rassasier
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23. Road map
Why this documentary?
Let’s experiment!
What’s fatness?
Documentary sample
Experiment results and analysis
Origins of obesity
Sum up
Vocabulary
Questions for you ☛
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24. How many calories did they have
to eat a week?
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25. Do you think one day, there will be
social discrimination toward fat people?
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26. Thanks and bon appetit!
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