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Bodywatch; Good Intentions: Bad Diets for Kids

12/17/1987

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Series

Bodywatch

Program

Good Intentions: Bad Diets for Kids

Program Number

302

Series Description

Series host: Dr. James H. "Red" Duke, Jr., Texas physician and professor of surgery. Health correspondent: Dr. Holly Atkinson, physician and medical journalist. Commentator: T George Harris, editor-in-chief, "American Health" magazine. Program format: Magazine-style; each program is focused on a single health theme and includes feature stories as well as a commentary. Series release date: 1986

Program Description

Good nutrition means one thing for adults, and another for kids. While junk food doesn't get a thumbs up, a low calorie, low-fat diet is not necessarily what doctors are ordering for the under-18 set.

Duration

00:34:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Magazine

Topics

Health

Citation

Chicago: “Bodywatch; Good Intentions: Bad Diets for Kids,” 12/17/1987, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed April 19, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B2EBCC143DD140E3B82431F35D305C50.

MLA: “Bodywatch; Good Intentions: Bad Diets for Kids.” 12/17/1987. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. April 19, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B2EBCC143DD140E3B82431F35D305C50>.

APA: Bodywatch; Good Intentions: Bad Diets for Kids. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B2EBCC143DD140E3B82431F35D305C50