Good Eating Habits

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Good Eating Habits is a short film from 1951 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

This Coronet cautionary tale attacks excess in customary Fifties fashion, focusing on gluttony. Bill sits down to dinner with an aching stomach because he's eaten badly during the day. Flashbacks and a food-centered nightmare reveal why he's sick.

Not in itself shocking, this film gives pause because the problems it describes "hidden hunger," where otherwise well-nourished people eat poorly and malnourish themselves are still very much with us. The difference is that today we might see Bill's bad habits as a manifestation of some individual disorder.

AT THE EVENING MEAL WITH HIS FAMILY, BILL COMPLAINS OF A STOMACH ACHE & FLASHBACKS REVEAL WHY HE IS ILL. LATE FOR SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, BILL GULPED DOWN HIS BREAKFAST, THEN BOLTED HIS SCHOOL LUNCH. NEED FOR GOOD EATING, GOOD FOOD, BALANCED DIET.

Boy playing with model railroad trains Boy piggishly gulping sodas and eating junk food Food nightmare; sleeping boy tosses and turns, seeing food projected into space in front of him Drinking milk

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Good Eating Habits
Produced byCoronet Instructional Films
Production
company
Coronet Instructional Films
Distributed byCoronet Instructional Films
Release date
1951
Running time
9:45
LanguageEnglish
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