Hungry for Change (2012)
Your health is in your hands
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 29M
Director : James Colquhoun, Laurentine Ten Bosch
Sinopse
We all want more energy, an ideal body and beautiful younger looking skin... So what is stopping us from getting this? Introducing 'Hungry For Change', the latest 'Food Matters' film. 'Hungry For Change' exposes shocking secrets the diet, weightloss and food industry don't want you to know about. Deceptive strategies designed to keep you craving more and more. Could the foods we are eating actually be keeping us stuck in the diet trap?
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