Dying to be thin [videorecording] / written, produced, and directed by Larkin McPhee ; executive producer, Paula S. Apsell ; a Nova production by Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. for WGBH/Boston.

Nova (Television program)

1593751680
9781593751685

[Boston] : WGBH Video, [2004]

English

Closed-captioned.

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

783421290495

RC552.E18 D95 2004

616.85/26

WG29049 WGBH

Documentary on anorexia nervosa and bulimia, eating disorders that have grown increasingly prevalent in contemporary American society. Experts in the field discuss some of their underlying causes (especially cultural pressures to be thin), their physiological and psychological effects, and some medical and therapeutic treatments that have been developed. The interviewees include patients representing particularly vulnerable groups: young women from troubled families, dancers, fashion models, and athletes.

Originally broadcast as an episode of Nova in 2000.
Special DVD ROM features: Web access to access PDF teaching materials online; link to NOVA website.
Narrated by Susan Sarandon.

Edited by Steve Fischer ; camera, Robert Hutchings, Michael Phillips ; music, Michael Bacon ; executive producer for Twin Cities TV, Inc., Richard Hudson ; Nova theme, Mason Daring, Martin Brody, Michael Whalen ; managing director, Alan Ritsko.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (4x3) presentation; Dolby digital.

YALSA selected video for young adults 2002.

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