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Includes information on how to make healthy food choices, covering how to compare calories, portion sizes, and more.

Explains calories, BMI, and portion sizes.

"Portion size is the key to the American obesity epidemic," said James Painter, chair of Eastern Illinois University's School of Family and Consumer Sciences. He believed that healthy choices could be found in every fast-food restaurant. To prove his point, he follows two graduate students - 254-pound Aaron and 111-pound Ellen - who ate portions suitable to their body types for a month. They could choose only foods from 10 fast-food restaurants and gas stations. Both ended up losing weight and lowering their cholesterol" - container.Their choices" - container.

"The fast food industry is providing what people want," said James Painter, chair of Eastern Illinois University's School of Family and Consumer Sciences. "It's people's choices that are making them fat." To prove his point, two graduate students ate fast-food for a month. They made healthier choices with portions suitable to their body types and both ended up losing weight and lowering their cholesterol. Viewers will learn how they did it, comparing calories, portion sizes, extras, and thinking "outside the bun" for healthier choices" - container.

Explores the contributions of increasingly larger portion sizes to the problem of obesity in America.