About Me
Fat is a thing you can't hide. Mary Dimino knows this. She has struggled
for a lifetime with the urges to overeat, the frustratuion of diets that don't work, and the stigma of a society that worships "thin." Is it genes? Is it
metabolism? Is it stress, evolution or the lack of willpower? Eating habits
are established and crystallized early in life. FAT: What No One is Telling You
is a two hour documentary that is more like a feature film. It gives viewers
a window into the intense human drama that rage inside people and how
hard their weight problem is to solve..................................................
A familiar face on television, actress Mary Dimino's battles with food and
dieting are the hysterical heart of her stand-up comedy. As the documentary
opens, we see Mary sweating through one of her daily three-hour gym sessions. Acknowledging that it's a lot of excerise, she explains, "I have to work just as hard, even harder, just to maintain this level of chubbiness."
Mary was one of the fortunate ones, she's lost over 100 lbs and has kept
it off, for the most part, for ten years. Like many people who struggle with
weight control, Mary has persistent fat cells in her body that were added during early childhood years of overeating. Now the weight may come off, but the cells remain-always hungry-constantly crying out for more calories and trying to defy Mary's willpower...................................................
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FAT is produced by the Emmy Award-winning team of Tom and Linda Spain, and directed by Emmy-nominated Andrew Fredericks. The executive producer is
Naomi Boak whose 2004 Primetime Emmy Award-winning documentary The
Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's was the first up-close look on television
at the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. Fat is part of the PBS Health
Campaign to help Americans come to grips with urgent health issues
and to get inspired to take their first step toward better health.
