OBESITY

FAT CITY

The never ending struggle for weight loss is the subject of FAT CITY.   Roger Bingham takes viewers to the Pima Indian Reservation in Arizona.   Obesity runs rampant among the Pimas, resulting in an epidemic of diabetes and hypertension.  Their weight problems can be linked in part to what scientists call a   "thrifty gene," which during ancient times enabled the Pimas to store fat when food was in short supply.  FAT CITY also investigates other generic and environmental factors that may account for expanding waistlines, including metabolic rate, diet, exercise and the brain's biochemistry.

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