Food For Life

This 22-minute color film is designed to provide information on malnutrition, with a focus on food practices and problems in maintaining a proper diet. The film is specified for use in grade 7 through adult classes. It presents 4 cases of malnutrition: an American teenager named Karen; a 16-year-old Colombian, Emilia; Bob Henderson, another American; and Tara, an Indian village resident. While all 4 suffer from malnutrition, the Americans are able to help themselves more easily than the individuals from India and Colombia. This film is one of 7 in the "Nutrition Education Series."