Forks Over Knives
Movie Worksheet
Forks Over Knives is a documentary that promotes the idea of using diet as prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. A series of statistics, studies, and interviews with doctors provides evidence that many of the heart-related health issues faced by the United States and other affluent countries can largely be avoided by switching to a plant-based diet. This worksheet presents questions relating to some of the ideas brought up by the movie, and includes a series of class discussion questions at the end.
Essential concepts: Circulatory system, heart disorders, arteriosclerosis, heart attack, obesity, diet, nutrition.
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