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Bodywatch; Beyond Body Building

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Series

Bodywatch

Program

Beyond Body Building

Program Number

404

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

Series Host: Dr. James "Red" Duke, Health correspondent: Dr. Holy Atkinson, Commentator: T. George Harris Building strength is not merely a matter of pumping iron, nor are big muscles necessarily an indication of superior strength. BODYWATCH will demonstrate who muscles work, grow and atrophy, and discuss the dos and don'ts of strength training. Special attention will be paid to steroids, the controversial muscle-building hormones whose use have led to the disqualification of numerous athletes from the recent Seoul summer Olympic games, including former gold-medal winner, Ben Johnson

Duration

00:28:57

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Magazine

Topics

Health

Citation

Chicago: “Bodywatch; Beyond Body Building,” GBH Archives, accessed December 4, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_31410CD0D4E84F46953BD292294896BB.

MLA: “Bodywatch; Beyond Body Building.” GBH Archives. Web. December 4, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_31410CD0D4E84F46953BD292294896BB>.

APA: Bodywatch; Beyond Body Building. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_31410CD0D4E84F46953BD292294896BB