FORMER SURGEON GENERAL C EVERETT KOOP CRUSADES AGAINST OBESITY IN U.S.
FORMER SURGEON GENERAL C EVERETT KOOP CRUSADES AGAINST OBESITY IN U.S.
NBC ID: ARS05R7SI2 | Production Unit: Today Show | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: T961030 | Air Date(s): 10/30/1996 | Event Date(s): 10/29/1996Transcript
Event Date(s): 10/29/1996 | Event Location(s): New York City;New York State | Description: FORMER SURGEON GENERAL C EVERETT KOOP CRUSADES AGAINST OBESITY IN U.S. OUTSIDE; MAN WITH DISDENDED ABDOMEN (I.E. BEER GUT) WALKING; TWO MORE MEN WALKING IN BUSINESSWEAR SEEN. IN PRESS CONFERENCE; FORMER SURGEON GENERAL C. EVERETT KOOP SAYS OBESITY IS THE SECOND LARGEST CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES RESULTING IN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DEATHS EACH YEAR. OBESE MAN WALKING WITH BICYCLE; OBESE WOMAN SUNBATHING; AND OBESE WOMAN WALKING ON BEACH THEN SITTING DOWN SEEN. IN PRESS CONFERENCE; KOOP SAYS THAT THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY HAS DONE LITTLE WHILE OBESITY HAS BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WOMAN IN ROBE GETTING ON SCALE IN DOCTORS OFFICE AS NURSE CHECKS WEIGHT; CLOSE UP OF SKIN -FOLD CALIPERS TAKING MEASUREMENT; & MACHINE PRINTING OUT CHART SEEN. GRAPHIC WITH HEADER OBESITY; AND SCROLLING FEMALE ICON AND SUPER 35 PERCENT AGE 20 +; AND SCROLLING MALE ICON AND SUPER 31 PERCENT AGE 20 + SEEN. HEADER CHANGES TO 30 PERCENT ABOVE IDEAL BODY WEIGHT. CAMERA ZOOMS OUT ON WOMEN IN GYM DOING AEROBICS; & MAN ON NAUTILUS MACHINE SEEN. GRAPHIC WITH HEADER DISEASES LINKED TO OBESITY: AND SUPERS HEART DISEASE; CANCER; HYPERTENSION; & DIABETES SEEN. BAZELL SIGNS OFF ON CAMERA FROM NEW YORK. TA Producers: NBC