Globesity
An epidemic is spreading across the entire planet. More and more thought of as a way of life than as a serious ailment, obesity is species-wide medical and economic time bomb. How can it be stopped? This documentary is an unconventional and surprising international investigation that will quash many prejudices around the issue and sort fact from fiction.
An epidemic is spreading across the entire planet. More and more thought of as a way of life than as a serious ailment, obesity is species-wide medical and economic time bomb. How can it be stopped? This documentary is an unconventional and surprising international investigation that will quash many prejudices around the issue and sort fact from fiction.
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