{"id":357,"date":"2008-03-13T08:28:33","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T14:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npt08.wordpress.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2008-03-13T08:28:33","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T14:28:33","slug":"is-corn-fueling-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2008\/03\/13\/is-corn-fueling-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Corn Fueling Obesity?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ian<\/p>\n

KING CORN<\/strong><\/a> is a new documentary by college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis that explores the crop’s ubiquity and potential health hazard. They discover that it’s in a majority of the fast food we eat in America, including doughnuts, hamburgers, soda and more.<\/p>\n

Cheney and Ellis joined Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America”<\/a><\/strong> this morning to talk about the corn industry and the farming experiment that inspired the film. The “Good Morning America” site<\/a><\/strong>, in addition to a video of the interview with the filmmakers, includes responses from the National Corn Growers Association.<\/p>\n

KING CORN comes to NPT and PBS stations nationwide via Independent Lens on April 15 at 9:00 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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