00:00 Wide
of Wendy Jennings in gym reception. Sits at table
c.u
Calorie monitor and Activity chart
Extreme
c.u. Calorie monitor
Guide voice: Wendy Jennings has Type 2
diabetes, also known as adult onset diabetes, and has been taking
part in trials conducted by the University of Bristol into the
importance of exercise in dealing with the problems of
diabetes.
00.13 SOT: Wendy
Jennings, Type 2 Diabetes sufferer –
“Well, you just feel better altogether, in my opinion,
what I feel about it, going to the gym makes me feel – I
don’t feel wonderful when I’m doing it but when
I’ve done it and come home you think yeah, that did do me
good and I do find I can get on and do things more than what I
did.”
00:35 Pan
up from feet to head, Wendy Jennings on treadmill
c.u.
hands at control panel
c.u
Calorie monitor, pan up to face
Wide,
Wendy on treadmill
Guide voice: Modern society’s
increasingly inactive life style means that Type 2 diabetes is one
of the fastest growing chronic illnesses affecting the developed
world – and the problem is getting significantly worse.
00:48 SOT: Dr. Robert
Andrews, Snr. Lecturer in Exercise, Diabetes and Endocrinology,
University of Bristol. – “The type of
diabetes we’re looking at is type 2 diabetes, which is the
type that is related to inactivity and excess weight and yes, that
is going up hugely. We expect that from the year 2000 to the year
2010 the number of people with type 2 diabetes is going to double
and by the year 2020 it’s going to go up 3 times, so
we’re seeing a huge escalation in this. People with diabetes
are more likely to have heart attacks, they’re more likely to
go blind, in fact it’s the leading cause of blindness in this
country at the moment, and they’re likely to go on to get
renal failure, so really diabetes can have huge
implications.”
01:24 Wendy
on rowing machine
Wider
profile shot
Wide
shot – deserted children’s playground
Medium
shot of above
Empty
roundabout
2
shot, Prof. Neil Armstrong observes boy on exercise bike
Wide
shot of Testing Laboratory, Exeter University
Girl
on treadmill flanked by researchers
Wide
of different treadmill and breathing apparatus
c.u.
control panel
Guide voice: Scientists are increasingly
convinced that a lack of physical activity, especially in children,
is the root cause of weight related illnesses. The rise of the
Couch Potato!
Professor Neil Armstrong, Director of the Children’s
Health and Exercise Research Centre at the University of Exeter,
produced the original report that issued the first Couch Potato
warnings. That was in 1990 and there’s little to suggest that
much has changed since then.
01:50 SOT: Professor
Neil Armstrong, Director, Children’s Health
and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter -
“Not a great deal has been done and 10 to 12 years later
what have we got, we’ve got about 20% of children overweight,
perhaps 10% obese and the epidemic of obesity which could’ve
been predicted from the data we published at that
time.”
02:05 2
shot, researcher and child checking skin folds
c.u.
display on Skinfold Caliper
2
shot, researcher and child
c.u.
researcher
c.u.
calliper on flesh
Wide,
boy on bodyform scanner, researcher in background
Wide,
boy on bodyform scanner, reverse angle
Guide voice: That epidemic of obesity is now
global, affecting more people worldwide than malnutrition. US
surveys show that, between 1980 and 1994, obesity trebled in
American adolescents and doubled in children and children who start
life obese are, statistically, more likely to become obese adults,
falling victim to a range of diseases, including diabetes.
02:29 SOT: Neil Armstrong
–“Type 2 diabetes, which used to be referred to as
adult onset diabetes is now being demonstrated in children in the
UK and this is a problem that will get worse if children get fatter
because of the relationship between obesity and the onset of type 2
diabetes. I can’t stress enough, I don’t think, how
important it is to try to encourage children to be more active, but
to take activity on as part of their lifestyles so in a way that we
hope will be sustained through childhood, through adolescence and
then into adult life.”
03:03 Tilt
up from feet on treadmill to girl with breathing apparatus
c.u
boy’s face
c.u.
feet on bicycle pedals
Over
shoulder, boy on bike
c.u.
bike speedometer
Wide
of testing laboratory
c.u.
“American Recipe” restaurant sign
c.u.
“Chicken Spot” restaurant sign
c.u.
“Burger King” restaurant sign
Wider
shot of Burger King restaurant
Empty
swing swinging in deserted playground
Guide voice: Over the last 15 years scientists
at the University of Exeter have studied activity levels in over a
thousand children. Almost half of adolescent girls and a third of
the boys didn't even take ten minutes of sustained exercise in
three days of monitoring. Boys are generally more active than
girls, but both frequency and intensity of activity decreases with
age in both sexes, with a marked reduction during teen years,
particularly in girls.
Despite fears about junk food diets, most children aren't taking
on more calories than they used to - they just aren't doing enough
to burn off those calories and this is the problem that our
increasingly inactive society needs to address.
03:40 SOT:
Prof. Neil Armstrong:
“I think society has actually created this problem for
children and if society really believes in the future health of our
children we’ve got to try and activate across many
dimensions; family, community, school and so forth, to try and
increase the activity content of our children's lives. I mean what
we're really looking for is when the current generation of children
become adults they always take the dog for a walk – whether
they’ve got a dog or not!”
04:05 End of cut
piece
