23 and ½ hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=aUaInS6HIGo&vq=medium
This video answers the question of "What is the single best thing you can do for your health" with the answer, of course, being physical activity of some kind. The physician tells the story with an extremely novel and engaging storyboard strategy that is hard to stop watching.
Run Time: 9:19
ABC’s of Diabetes
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=MUb0nywugug&vq=medium
The same creator of the 23 and ½ hour video uses the same innovate strategy to explain the importance of maintaining "ABC x 2", which stands for ABC1: A1c, Blood pressure, and Cholesterol and ABC2: Activity, Belly, and Change.
Run Time: 1:46
The Weight of the Nation
http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films
This is a series of films that explores the obesity epidemic in America. Each of the four films address a different aspect of the obesity epidemic:
- Consequences—reviews the scope and serious health complications of obesity, and how it is affecting the future of the United States.
- Choices—describes how it is possible to successfully lose weight with appropriate diet and physical activity. *This particular video showcases several inspiring success stories, including individuals who went through a Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).*
- Children is Crisis—examines the growing epidemic of obesity in children.
- Challenges—explores the origin of the obesity epidemic and presents the many opportunities, present and future, to reverse the trend.
Run Time: Approximately 1 hour per film
