Body Politics

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Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
(Greg Critser)

Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories
(Betsy Lerner)

Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide
(Andrea Olsen)

Dancer
(Colum McCann)
Food and Loathing
06.06.2004
 (was 03.30.2003)

Betsy Lerner was a chubby kid.  Then an overweight teenager.  Then, a compulsive eater with a secret food life.  Binging and dieting consumed her life – until the day she tried to kill herself.  In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge the story of Betsy Lerner’s struggle with weight.  And, the politics of our national weight problem.  Why is there an obesity epidemic in America?  And why are we so obsessed with physical perfection?

  1. Greg Critser on "Fat Land"

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    Journalist Greg Critser tells Jim Fleming that Americans never learn moderate food habits. We must accept responsibility for our own caloric intake and expenditure.

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  2. Betsy Lerner on "Food and Loathing"

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    Betsy Lerner tells Anne Strainchamps about her long history with Overeaters Anonymous, bi-polar disorder, depression, psychiatric hospitalization and binge eating.

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  3. Andrea Olsen on "Body and Earth"

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    Andrea Olsen tells Steve Paulson how to extend his awareness of the body’s sensory abilities, and does an excerpt from a performance art piece on body awareness.

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  4. Colum McCann on "Dancer"

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    Colum McCann tells Steve Paulson what made Rudolf Nureyev the greatest dancer of his time and that his life was shaped by his ambition and his physical beauty. 

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