Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn) er en charmerende anti-stræber, som ejer det nedslidte helsestudie Average Joe’s. Da den egocentriske, opblæste White Goodman (Ben Stiller), som ejer det moderigtige, hypermoderne helsecenter Globo Gym, sætter sig for at overtage Peters ydmyge sted, bl.a. ved hjælp af den smukke advokat, Kate Veatch (Christine Taylor) danner Peter og hans faste lille klientel af sociale tabere et dodgeball-hold og stiller op i en turnering, hvor førstepræmien lige præcis er de $50.000, som Peter står og mangler for at redde Average Joe’s. Da White får nys om dette, stiller han naturligvis med sit eget superhold, overbevist om, at han kan feje tumperne ud af banen. Og dermed er spillet kørende – frem mod den store finale og dens mange overraskende drejninger...
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.
Det tophemmelige spionagentur Control er i krise. Identiteterne på de hemmelige agenter er blevet afsløret, og det kræver utraditionelle metoder. Derfor bliver den entusiastiske analytiker Maxwell Smart forfremmet til aktiv tjeneste. Sammen med den labre og dødelige Agent 99, får Smart til opgave at stoppe forbrydersyndikatet KAOS.
Ryan Reynolds spiller en karrierefyr, der har en fortid som fjollet og barnlig gymnasielev fra New Jersey. Nu bor han i Los Angeles, hvor han bogstavelig talt er blevet til noget inden for musikken. En dag er han på vej til Paris, men strander i stedet i sin barndomsby på grund af dårligt vejr og ender i selskab med en superstjerne (Amy Smart), som han ønsker at tegne en kontrakt med. Hun viser sig at være pigen, han brændte håbløst varm på tilbage i skoletiden.
Hilarious and outgoing, Brittany Forgler, is everybody’s best friend ― except her own. Her partying, underemployment and toxic relationships are catching up with her. She receives a startling wake-up call when a visit to the doctor reveals how unhealthy she is. Motivated to lose weight, but too broke for a gym and too proud to ask for help, Brit is at a loss, until her neighbor pushes her to run one sweaty block. Soon, she sets an almost unthinkable goal: the New York City Marathon.
Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wilderness, she reveals a new self - skinny, beautiful and still flawed.
Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history.
Patty Duke loses weight and discovers her husband has been cheating on her.
Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.
Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony of enduring the dieting and weight-losing programs and exercises is compounded by the usual food-and-sweets temptations.
Overfed and Undernourished examines a global epidemic and our modern lifestyles through one boy's inspiring and personal journey to regain his health from the inside out.
After losing his mother to obesity, a thirty-two year old chubby ginger comedian and vegan son-of-a-pig-farmer sets out to avoid the same fate by running one hundred miles through the mountains of Colorado in one of the world's most difficult ultra trail marathons...and lives to tell jokes about it.
Large women with a zest for life gather weekly at a Montreal doctor's office to receive diet injections.
Obesity has become one of the most overwhelming diseases in our modern society, even now considered to be of epidemic proportions. This documentary film dives into this sensitive, but socially powerful topic and exposes shocking statistics of the fattening of our culture. Kenny Saylors, overweight himself, faces his own fat in his life as he embarks upon a 55 day, Doctor supervised, water fast to see the effects of this ancient practice on our bodies today and to examine if healing properties truly do exist within our own bodies in this extreme method of food restriction.
The stresses of daily life can lead to unhealthy habits including poor nutrition, lack of exercise and inadequate rest. Trudie Styler s Weight Loss Yoga helps you adopt a more balanced lifestyle to achieve your weight loss goals while creating a healthier body.
While his wife is undergoing slimming treatment, Andre goes on a discovery tour of this very unusual center.
Hi, my name is Susan Powter. Everywhere I go, people ask me, “Susan, what should I eat?” I’ve created “Shopping with Susan” to answer the questions you have about getting the fat out of your kitchen, shopping and re-stocking with high-volume, low-fat food. “Shopping with Susan” will help you make the right choices. Remember, food doesn’t make you fat, fat makes you fat!
Anna Richardson investigates the latest generation of weight-loss drugs that have been all over the media and social media. Anna talks to doctors and actual users of the "skinny jab," explains what makes these drugs work, and investigates the most common adverse effects.
Personal stories taken from a survey on how women's lives are affected by a culture obsessed with body image and thinness.