Facing the Fat

Overview

Obesity has become one of the most overwhelming diseases in our modern society, even now considered to be of epidemic proportions. This documentary film dives into this sensitive, but socially powerful topic and exposes shocking statistics of the fattening of our culture. Kenny Saylors, overweight himself, faces his own fat in his life as he embarks upon a 55 day, Doctor supervised, water fast to see the effects of this ancient practice on our bodies today and to examine if healing properties truly do exist within our own bodies in this extreme method of food restriction.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 18, 2009

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United States of America

Production

Saylors Brothers Entertainment,Edde Brothers Entertainment,Edde Brothers Entertainment, Saylors Brothers Entertainment

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1039782