According to statistics from the Center for Disease Control, 33.9% of Americans 20 years old and older are obese. All of us know a family member, friend, or co-worker who are obese or in some cases morbidly obese. A new DVD in our OCPL collection could serve as a wake-up call to those people. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead is the story of an Australian, Joe Cross, who had been healthy and in good shape in his younger years, but as he got older, he started living an unhealthy lifestyle and ended up weighing over 300 pounds. He also suffered from a serious auto-immune disorder and had to live on all sorts of medications. He finally decided he was on the verge of death and had to take charge of his life and try to get healthy again. He decides to drink only fresh fruit and vegetable juices for 60 days and travel across the United States to try to promote his new healthy lifestyle during that time. While on his travels, he meets a truck driver who is over 420 pounds and suffers from the same disease. The movie documents both men’s journey through weight loss and regaining their health. Both end up back to normal weights and free from the auto-immune disease. Most of us wouldn’t need to live only on fruit and vegetable juices, but we all could benefit from less processed food, white flour and sugar and more exercise in our lives.
Check out the DVD from the library or these websites to find out more information on how you can have a healthier lifestyle: www.fatsickandnearlydead.com and www.jointhereboot.com.
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