Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

This documentary presents a stark examination of obesity trends over the past three decades, highlighting how rates have doubled for children and tripled for adolescents. It also reveals that 70% of adults are classified as obese or overweight, leading to serious health issues such as coronary heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

Feeding Frenzy shifts the dialogue from personal responsibility to the accountability of the processed food industry. The film critiques taxpayer subsidies that were originally designed to combat hunger during the Great Depression, showing how they have allowed the food industry to proliferate cheap, high-calorie products. It exposes the powerful marketing strategies employed by this multi-billion dollar industry to ensure consumption of these unhealthy foods.