NOVA: Dying to Be Thin
by Larkin McPhee
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Actor: Susan SarandonDirector: Larkin McPhee
Brand: Wgbh Wholesale
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
Movie Reviews of NOVA: Dying to Be Thin
Movie Review: Very informative
Summary: 5 Stars
I have an eating disorder myself and had initially bought the DVD as a possible thinspiration. But instead it scared me, mostly about anorexics losing bone mass when they lose their period. The video showed that you could lose a lot of bone mass in as little as 5 years, it scared me to realize I may have already caused that much irreversible damage.
I did however find the scene called "Running on Empty" thinspirational because the girl in that scene was my idea of perfection. She ate normal meals but exercised excessively to get rid of her anxiety. I admire that because of all of the different ways people use to cope with anxiety (such as drugs or binging), she choose exercise and stuck with it. Of course that's probably just her personality type but still its admirable.
Summary of NOVA: Dying to Be Thin
A 14-year-old looks at her image and says, "I see somebody that is fat and ugly and a disappointment." She is like a growing number of young American girls afflicted with such eating disorders as anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Tormented by an irrational fear of being fat, an estimated eight million young women are torturing themselves?sometimes to death.It?s no wonder eighty percent of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. Driven by the waif-like images flooding the media of popular actresses, models, dancers and celebrities?who can weigh nearly twenty-five percent less than the average American woman?young girls are obsessed with an unattainable image of perfection.
Dying To Be Thin introduces you to students, ballet dancers, fashion models and other young women who are seeking recovery or have conquered their disease. Plus, you?ll discover how leading eating disorder specialists are making dramatic advances in the diagnosis and treatment of these two devastating diseases. Go behind the scenes with NOVA for a courageous and candid look at America?s body obsession.
On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 full frame.
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