Facing the Fat (2009)
Overview
Obesity has become one of the most overwhelming diseases in our modern society, even now considered to be of epidemic proportions. This documentary film dives into this sensitive, but socially powerful topic and exposes shocking statistics of the fattening of our culture. Kenny Saylors, overweight himself, faces his own fat in his life as he embarks upon a 55 day, Doctor supervised, water fast to see the effects of this ancient practice on our bodies today and to examine if healing properties truly do exist within our own bodies in this extreme method of food restriction.
Where to watch Facing the Fat
| Country | Stream | Rent | Buy |
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| United States | DOCSVILLE | Amazon Video | — |
| United Kingdom | Amazon Prime Video, DOCSVILLE | Amazon Video | — |
| Canada | DOCSVILLE | — | — |
| Australia | DOCSVILLE | Amazon Video | — |
| Ireland | Amazon Prime Video, DOCSVILLE | — | — |
| New Zealand | DOCSVILLE | — | — |
| India | DOCSVILLE | — | — |
| Germany | DOCSVILLE | — | — |
| France | DOCSVILLE | — | — |
| Spain | DOCSVILLE | — | — |
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What is Facing the Fat about?
Obesity has become one of the most overwhelming diseases in our modern society, even now considered to be of epidemic proportions. This documentary film dives into this sensitive, but socially powerful topic and exposes shocking statistics of the fattening of our culture. Kenny Saylors, overweight himself, faces his own fat in his life as he embarks upon a 55 day, Doctor supervised, water fast to see the effects of this ancient practice on our bodies today and to examine if healing properties truly do exist within our own bodies in this extreme method of food restriction. Facing the Fat is a Family, Documentary, Drama movie, released on 2009-01-18, runtime 101 minutes.
Is Facing the Fat worth watching?
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Where can I watch Facing the Fat?
In the United States, Facing the Fat streams on DOCSVILLE and can be rented from Amazon Video. The table on this page lists 9 more countries. Movie World also lists online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Kenny Saylors
Cast
- Kenny Saylors as Himself
- Sonia Woodfield as Herself
- L. Sullivan as Herself
- Paul Allan Brunotto as Himself
- Ata Servati as Himself
- Jeremy Gilbreath as Himself
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Sources
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