The Weight Of The Nation For Kids - Season 1 - Episode 2

This warmhearted documentary tells the story of 17-year-old Kebreeya's crusade to improve nutrition awareness on a personal, familial, and community level in her North Carolina town. After her mom's gastric-bypass surgery, and seeing relatives with asthma and diabetes, Kebreeya changes her diet to exclude fast food and soda and tries to get her family on board. Though not completely converted to "Kebreeya food" just yet, her mother admits, "I have a problem with Lay's Lightly Salted Potato Chips. And it seemed like I was eating a whole bag a day." Deepening her connection to her food, Kebreeya maintains a garden at a local elementary school and encourages others to do so via student group SWARM (Students Working for an Agricultural Revolutionary Movement). She also takes it upon herself to survey other students on lunch menu suggestions and submits them to school officials, proposing a salad bar for their high-school cafeteria. Despite resistance from various school-board officials, Kebreeya takes her plea all the way to her town's city council and the mayor - and shows how kids can make a difference.Show more