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FAT: A Documentary

FAT: A Documentary

The last documentary about fat you'll ever need to see.

2019•1h 35m•6.2/10
Documentary

Ratings

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6.2/10(18)

Weight loss expert Vinnie Tortorich and award-winning filmmaker Peter Pardini want you to join their team to make a hard-hitting documentary film that exposes the widespread myths and lies around healthy eating, fat and weight loss and shows how, in spite of all our good intentions, we go on getting fatter and fatter.

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Production

Fat Squirrel Films, Gravitas Ventures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams

Self - Father / Founder, Charlie Foundation / Filmmaker

Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie Tortorich

Self - Narrator / Producer / Trainer / Author

Bret Scher

Bret Scher

Self - Cardiologist

Gary Taubes

Gary Taubes

Self - Journalist / Author

Dave Feldman

Self - Software Engineer

Eric Westman

Eric Westman

Self - Internal Medicine Doctor

Andreas Eenfeldt

Self - Physician

Drew Pinsky

Drew Pinsky

Self - Physician

Georgia Ede

Georgia Ede

Self - Psychiatrist

Nina Teicholz

Self - Journalist

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Self - Explorer (archive footage)

Ivor Cummins

Self - Biochemical Engineer

Ancel Keys

Self (archive footage)

Jeffry Gerber

Jeffry Gerber

Self - Physician

George McGovern

George McGovern

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Gary Fetke

Self - Orthopaedic Surgeon

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