The Student Body 2016 123movies

Watch: The Student Body 2016 123movies, Full Movie Online – In an effort to address the obesity epidemic, notification letters are being sent to students whose body mass do not fall within a narrow range deemed “acceptable” by the government; essentially telling children, even as young as kindergarteners, that they are fat. When a determined sixth-grader in Ohio voices her protest against the ‘Fat Letters’, student journalist Bailey Webber is inspired to take her fight to the highest levels of government. THE STUDENT BODY is a true underdog story of two brave girls who take a stand against bullying, government intrusion and hypocrisy while exploring the complex and controversial truths behind the childhood obesity debate..
Plot: When a brave high school student takes a stand against state-mandated BMI tests of her peers, she finds herself in the middle of a heated national controversy, sparking a battle of wills between herself and government officials.
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One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a while!
I had the privilege of seeing this documentary at a screening at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. I had plenty of homework to get finished that night, but I don’t regret seeing this film one bit. Bailey Webber has truly created a masterpiece with The Student Body. This director-participant documentary covers the controversial topic of BMI recording in schools. Bailey’s high school sent letters home to families stating their child’s BMI, and how the child’s BMI corresponds to the government’s standards of what a child’s BMI should be. Immediately, a wise beyond her year’s high schooler, Bailey Webber, saw the emotional distress this brought on her classmates, friends and their families. As opposed to accepting these ridiculous measurements by the state, Bailey Webber takes action, asking tough questions to the right people. The documentary follows Bailey on her journey for answers to very important questions: Who created this law? Why did they create this law? How did such a law come to be? Bailey does not limit her resources to her school district or even her state. She travels across the nation doing research and conducting interviews, and she doesn’t stick to one side of the issue. She has multiple interviews from people with dissenting views which makes this documentary that much better. Overall, The Student Body kept me engaged through the entire film. Bailey Webber does an amazing job at taking a seemingly serious topic and adding some humor through first person narration, awkward senators, and asking every interview subject if they would like to be weighed for a BMI calculation (LOL). If you have the chance to see this film, see it. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if you found this documentary while flipping through your channels here soon. It’s most definitely something everyone in America should see. 10/10!!

Fat Letters Sent out to School Children
This was an interesting small documentary by a young and I hope upcoming documentary film maker. In the USA 20 states mandate students have their “BMI” (Body Mass Index) tested so as to gauge their student population’s “health”. But given that for anyone in the business of health it is known that BMIs are a useless number, that generally healthy and athletic people with good muscle mass register as obese with BMI as BMI does not distinguish between muscle weight and fat weight, it is highly surprising that any governing agency would take this path to assess the health of its youth.

But beyond BMI being scientifically useless, the government then goes on to send fat shaming letters to the students involved along with their report cards! In the documentary, the BMI of legislators is also assessed when possible, revealing that only three of the dozens of people the documentarist interviewed had an “acceptable” BMI.

This documentary spends a lot of time watching itself being made, like a lot of documentaries these days, rather than being focused entirely on content. Mind you, this is rendered necessary to reflect politicians’ unwillingness to discuss public issues with the public. It does have some decent interviews with both pro-BMI advocates and doctors/health processionals who denounce it for its futility.

The issue of obesity goes way beyond an individual’s mindset, it is a societal mater, how our food culture is structured, how our sleep culture is structured, how our work culture is structured, how our environmental quality has suffered, how global diseases impact health, how global issues are made visible at the individual level.

At one point, a pro-BMI advocate explains how great a tool it is since it is non invasive, quick, uncomplicated, and requires no blood test. But the truth is: Quality in, quality out (QIQO). If you develop evaluation systems with poor data, you get poor results.

All in all a very decent documentary.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 25 min (85 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated TV-G
Genre Documentary, Drama
Director Bailey Webber, Michael Webber
Writer Bailey Webber, Michael Webber
Actors Holly Allen, Martin Binks, Laura Bruij-Williams
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 2 nominations
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Sound Mix Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
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