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EXCLUSIVE: Add a feature documentary to the list of new things Katie Couric is planning to explore as she is wrapping up her five-year stint as anchor of CBS Evening News. Couric is involved in a new feature documentary about obesity, which is currently in the works. It hails from Stephanie Soechtig and Jason Lindsey, directors of the 2009 documentary Tapped, about the the negative impact of bottled water on people’s health and the environment. Couric’s involvement in the new documentary stems from her relationship with Soechtig. Couric interviewed the filmmaker last summer in a segment about the bottled-water debate on her online series @katiecouric. Couric’s spokesman said that “Katie is being supportive of the project because she cares about the issue (of obesity).” Her exact role in the documentary is still TBD, but serving as a producer or narrator are among the possibilities. Couric is the final phase of deciding where she will sign a wide-ranging deal that would include a daytime syndicated talk show, news network presence and the launch of her own production company. CBS and NBC remain leading contenders, with CBS’ offer, which includes a 60 Minutes gig, said to be particularly strong. As for the latest Couric-related rumor, that that she may partner with former Today co-host Matt Lauer for her syndicated talk show, “there are no plans right now for us to work together,” Couric told reporters last night after a signing for her new book The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Live. “Maybe one day. There are a lot of things I’d like to do. I’d like to date George Clooney, so, you know, who knows?” Couric will reunite with Lauer briefly tomorrow morning when she appears on Today to promote her book.
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What do the children in third world country do when they go to bed hungry every night? Here in the US we should be so blessed with so much food that people get fat! One can only get fat only if you eat! Put the fork, the ribs down and get your fat asses to the gym! I don’t feel sorry for fat people, they weren’t born fat, they did it to themselves! Get over yourself fat Americans, when there are starving children, infants in other countries! Let’s put things in perspective here, who the victims really are…
…but you digress.
Maybe people are fat in the US because in other countries poor people eat rice and beans. Here poor people eat lots of processed foods which are cheaper than fresh fruits and vegetables. You see obesity becoming an issue in othr countries and the middle class expands and they switch to a more western diet.
The main issue is processed foods, potato chips and the like and drinking soda…the high fat, high sugar combination leads not only to being obese but also to diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and early death. This is particularly a problem for poorer countries as these convenient store items (coke, lays chips, etc) are seen as the “cool” thing to eat and drink and are attractive at first as novelty and then accepted as standard, in the way most people see junk food at some point in their life in terms of eating it without being aware of the consequences. Most of us realize that these foods are bad for us, when we grow out of being a kid, and stop eating them all together or at least in moderation but we also have a tremendous amount of education in this country. Just 50 years ago, American doctors were advocating for smoking cigarettes. To get it back on track, in other countries, particularly less affluent ones, the westernized goods and processed foods come in without the sense of balance and health awareness. Just food for thought.
In other countries, they still use sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Has anyone so supremely untalented ever been so talked about as Couric? The country is full of talented documentarians who can’t get funded, but Katie Couric, here’s the checkbook.
it’s a combination of many things…sedentary lifestyle, too many simple carbs (sugar, white rice, potatoes — the processed food), not enough fiber, not enough complex carbs and finally, plain and simple, too many calories. the best thing that’s come recently is that restaurant chains have to label the calories in their menus. it’s shocking even to me who’s aware of this as I try to eat a 2000 calorie-a-day diet. my guess is that sales are down at places like that or that people are realizing they should split that meal in two!