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ABCNEWS VideoSource
OBESITY
03/11/1995
ABC
NYBR14709G
BBC CS VO ON GROWING OBESITY AS DEPICTED IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND ATTEMPTS BY SOME PEOPLE TO THIN THE RANKS. 13:00:58 WS HEAVY TRAFFIC TRAVELLING ON NARROW STREET. MS PIZZA SIGN IN FG. 13:01:06 WS GENO'S STEAKS CORNER RESTAURANT. 13:01:10 MS MAN IN TRENCH COAT ORDERING LUNCH FROM COUNTER THAT OPENS OUT ONTO STREET. 13:01:16 CU HERO SANDWICH GETTING EXTRAS ADDED TO IT SPREAD W/ KNIFE. MS PITCHER OF OIL BEING POURED OVER GRILL WHERE MEAT IS COOKING. 13:01:18 MS ONIONS BEING SCOOPED UP FROM GRILL AND STREWN ON MEAT IN SANDWICH. 13:01:20 MS FRENCH FRIES SITTING IN WIRE BASKET SUBMERGED IN OIL. 13:01:22 CU HAND REACHING FOR RAW STEAKS TO BE THROWN ON GRILL. 13:01:24 MS SLICES OF BEEF BEING LAID OUT ON GRILL. 13:01:26 MS STYROFOAM CONTAINER OF FRENCH FRIES W/ ADDITION OF CHEESE. 13:01:33 MS CUSTOMER GETTING HIS HOAGIE. 13:01:37 MS ANOTHER MAN SITTING W/ HIS WIFE, WIPING HIS HANDS W/ NAPKIN, AND SAYING HE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM SACRAMENTO TO HAVE ONE OF THESE. 13:01:43 CU INTV W/ MAN THROUGH HIS CAR WINDOW. 13:01:45 CU MAN W/ TRENCH COAT SITTING OUTSIDE AT SMALL TABLE BITING INTO HIS HOAGIE. 13:01:51 WS COOKS BUSY PREPARING FOOD. 13:02:00 CU INTV W/ ONE OF THE OLIVIERI FAMILY (THE FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS FRIED FOOD BUSINESS FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS) TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE KIDS COMING IN FOR COMPETITIONS TO SEE HOW MANY SANDWICHES THEY CAN EAT. 13:02:20 CU SAME PERSON ASKING A 62 YEAR OLD CUSTOMER WHO COMES IN EVERY DAY HOW MANY STEAKS HE EATS A WEEK AND STILL MANAGE TO KEEP FIT. 13:02:29 MS 62 YEAR OLD MAN WEARING CAP ON HEAD AND STANDING OUTSIDE GETTING SANDWICH THROUGH WINDOW. 13:02:42 WS PEDESTRIANS PASSING OUTDOOR FOOD WAGON. 13:02:49 MS REAR VIEW HEFTY LOOKING MAN IN SUIT WALKING TOWARDS OFFICE BUILDING AND CARRYING SMALL PAPER BAG. 13:03:09 CU REPORTER / COP TWO SHOT. 13:03:29 CU INSTRUCTOR AT POLICE ACADEMY DOING PUSH UPS. WS CLASS OF SPRING 1995 WORKING OUT W/ PUSH UPS. CU FEMALE ROOKIE DOING PUSH UP. 13:03:47 WS STUDENTS TAKING BREAK. 13:03:55 CU INTV W/ FEMALE INSTRUCTOR SANDY WHO SAYS YOU STILL HAVE THE OLD COP WHO BELIEVES YOU CAN EAT CHEESE STEAKS EACH DAY OF THE WEEK AND SIT IN THE PATROL CAR. 13:04:26 MS OBESE WOMAN JANET MEYERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR FAT ADVANCEMENT COMING INTO CLOTHING STORE. 13:04:40 CU INTV W/ JANET SAYING SHE CANNOT GO TO ORDINARY CLOTHING STORES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE HER SIZE. 13:05:03 WS JANET SITTING AROUND TABLES W/ SOME OF HER COMRADES GATHERED IN CAFE OF PHILADELPHIA BOOKSHOP. 13:05:10 CU INTV W/ OBESE MAN AT THIS GET TOGETHER EXPLAINING THAT IT HAS TAKEN HIM SOME TIME TO BE COMFORTABLE W/ THE SIZE HE IS AND HE IS TIRED OF PEOPLE ALWAYS GIVING HIM ARTICLES ON DIETS. 13:05:26 CU INTV W/ A VERY FAT WOMAN NAMED ROBIN AT THIS MEETING TELLING THE REPORTER THAT PEOPLE ASSUME YOU COULDN'T WANT TO BE THIS SIZE. 13:05:54 WS BRIDGE OVER RIVER W/ TRAIN CROSSING AND PEOPLE IN ROWBOATS IN THE WATER. 13:06:07 MS SCULPTURED STONE CLASSICAL FIGURES ATOP REGAL BUILDING IN PHILADELPHIA. 13:06:10 CU THESE DETAILED FIGURES OF GODS AND GODDESSES. 13:06:31 HIGH ANGLE MS MEETING OF RESEARCHER DR ALBERT STUNKARD AND HIS THERAPY GROUP AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 13:06:48 CU OBESE WOMAN IN GROUP EXPLAINING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SEE ALL THE SLIM TALL BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND ADS FOR FOOD THAT SUPPOSEDLY WILL MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE THEM. 13:07:12 MS DR STUNKARD. 13:07:30 CU INTV W/ DOCTOR SAYING THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF FOOD EATEN, BUT ALSO A GENETIC COMPONENT. 13:07:53 WS EXTERIOR MELROSE DINER. CU SIGN FOR THIS RESTAURANT W/ CLOCK ON IT. 13:07:57 WS LONG COUNTER INSIDE DINER. 13:08:01 MS KITCHEN STAFF PERFORMING THEIR JOBS IN PURPOSELY FAST FORWARD SPEED. 13:08:07 MS WAITRESS SERVING FOOD TO REPORTER AT COUNTER AT FAST FORWARD SPEED. 13:08:24 MS LARGE PLATES OF EGGS, POTATOES, AND TOAST. 13:08:28 CU REAR VIEW PAN OF 14TH PRECINCT POLICEMEN IN PRACTICE DRAWING OF GUNS. 13:08:31 CU PAN OF THESE COPS W/ THEIR AMPLE WAISTLINES ASSEMBLING FOR AFTERNOON ROLL CALL. 13:08:37 LOW ANGLE MS COPS IN GYM W/ CLOSER MS LEG DOING BENDS W/ WEIGHT MACHINE. 13:08:46 HIGH ANGLE MS HEAVY MAN ATTACHED TO THAT LEG LYING ON STOMACH DOING THE EXERCISES. 13:08:56 CU INTV W/ SWEATY POLICEMAN WEARING GRAY TEE SHIRT TELLING HOW TOUGH IT IS TO GET WEIGHT OFF. 13:09:14 MS COP GETTING OUT OF POLICE CAR AND EXCHANGING SALUTES W/ OFFICER WAITING BY CAR DOOR. 13:09:23 MS PATROL CAR EXITING STATION DRIVEWAY. 13:09:28 HIGH ANGLE WS CITY. 13:09:37 BLANK.
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