2024-01-08 10:20:26
Afterwards: “Focal point Austria: Question of faith in meat” and documentation “Our brain is what it eats”
Vienna (OTS) – Austrians are getting fatter; more than half of the population is now overweight. Weight gain is particularly dramatic in children and adolescents. The many physical and psychological consequences are not only bad for individuals, but also cost the general public the horrendous sum of ten billion euros annually, which is 2.5 percent of what everyone in Austria earns each year. In “Doc 1: Austria – The Land of Fats” on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 8:15 p.m. on ORF 1, Hanno Settele explains why Austrians are getting fatter despite all the educational work. At 9:05 p.m. in “Brennpunkt Austria:
Question of faith in meat” worlds collide when a pig farmer and a vegan activist immerse themselves in each other’s lives. At 9:55 p.m. the documentary “Our brain is what it eats” highlights the connections between healthy nutrition, mental health and mental state. Both episodes – and other productions from the “Dok 1” and “Brennpunkt Österreich” series – are available on on.ORF.at and in the TVthek app.
“Doc 1: Austria – The Land of Fat People” with Hanno Settele at 8:15 p.m
In his search for answers as to why we are getting fatter despite all the educational work, Hanno Settele comes across a variety of reasons that suggest that we have generally created an environment that is hostile to our health. At least that’s what Professor Tilman Kühn from the Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna claims. We are literally followed by unhealthy food at every turn, be it on large billboards, through commercials on television, on social media channels or in the dense network of bakeries or snack bars. It’s always suggested: buy and eat! And as cheap and unhealthy as possible! Only a few years ago it became known that the world’s largest food manufacturer Nestlé classifies more than 60 percent of its products as unhealthy. And while the calories consumed by the Austrian population are increasing, physical work is becoming less and less. Most of us do our work sitting and escalators and elevators save us the few remaining steps. Just don’t move, that seems to be the motto. But how can we manage to become slimmer again? For the World Health Organization, relying solely on educational work is not a solution. According to the WHO, only “Health in All Policies” can save us from obesity, loosely translated: health at all levels. A look at Great Britain shows what this can mean: Plagued by the obesity of large parts of the population and precarious health insurance, a sugar tax was introduced that makes foods containing high amounts of sugar significantly more expensive. And the mayor of London enforced a ban on unhealthy food and drink in and around public transport. Just two cost-effective measures from a range of possible ones that recent study results show to be highly effective.
“Focal point Austria: question of faith in meat” at 9:05 p.m
“Brennpunkt Österreich” looks at where worlds collide. Two Austrians meet each other with fundamentally different views on meat as food. The 61-year-old pig farmer Norbert Lackenbauer from the Weinviertel immerses himself in the world of the 38-year-old vegan activist Nadina Ruedl in Vienna and vice versa. They get to know each other’s everyday lives and try to empathize with each other’s lives. The “culture clash” is huge: when it comes to nutrition, Nadina’s world only revolves around plants. She has a shop in Vienna-Neubau, has developed vegan meat loaf and is firmly anchored in the Viennese vegan scene. An absolutely alien terrain for the farmer. Nadina, in turn, immerses herself in the life of the pig farmer from the Weinviertel, which means stable work, feeding, transporting livestock, slaughtering and lunch at the village inn. How do the two of them feel about the burning questions that revolve around our diet, its sustainability, and even more so our health and our climate problem? Do you discuss and negotiate pressing issues on an equal footing and try to understand the other person? Will they even get closer to each other in the end? An interpersonal experiment with surprising emotional twists and a stimulating exchange of perspectives.
“Our brain is what it eats” at 9:55 p.m
Chocolate helps against stress and fish makes you smart – but is there actually any truth to such folk wisdom? New scientific findings show that diet has a direct influence on mental health and mental state. In Great Britain, for example, a study in a prison showed that prisoners who took vitamin supplements were less likely to be violent. And in Germany, a psychologist from the University of Lübeck was able to prove that the composition of breakfast influences social behavior.
But what actually happens in the brain when we choose honey instead of jam and fish instead of sausage? Scientists around the world are trying to find out exactly that. Neuro-Nutrition is the name of the branch of science at the interface between neurology and nutritional science. Experiments with rats or flies provide new insights into our eating behavior. Consuming junk food not only leads to obesity in laboratory rats, but also has a direct impact on their memory performance.
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