IS IT OKAY TO BE FAT? QUESTION DEBATED IN A “NIGHTLINE FACE OFF”
CYNTHIA MCFADDEN MODERATES LIVE DEBATE AT THE COOPER UNION’S GREAT HALL IN NEW YORK CITY ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5th AT 4:00PM ET
“FACE-OFF” TO AIR ON “NIGHTLINE”
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd
Is it Okay to be Fat? “Nightline” tackles this question and other delicate questions related to dieting and obesity and how it relates to health in a “Face Off” to air Monday, February 22. This will be the program’s fifth “Face-Off,” a series launched two years ago that is a debate style format where hot topics get discussed among prominent voices in their field.
The “Face-Off” is scheduled to take place Friday, February 5th at The Cooper Union’s historic Great Hall in New York City. Crystal Renn, model and author of “Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves” and Marianne Kirby, co-author of “Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere” will face-off against MeMe Roth, president of National Action Against Obesity and Kim Bensen, author of “Finally Thin.” Renn and Kirby advocate against constant dieting and contend that you don’t have to be thin to be healthy while Roth and Bensen advocate against an obese America and believe in the importance of a responsible diet.
The “Face Off” will be moderated by co-anchor Cynthia McFadden and held at The Cooper Union’s Great Hall in New York City on Friday, February 5th at 4:00pmET. For more on the story visit:http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/fat-question-debated-nightline-face-off/story?id=9718202
What: “Nightline Face-Off – Is It Okay to be Fat?”
Who: Crystal Renn, model and author of “Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves” and Marianne Kirby, author of “Lessons from the “Fat-O-Sphere”, MeMe Roth, President, National Action Against Obesity and Kim Bensen, author of “Finally Thin”
When:
Friday, February 5, 2010 4:00pm-5:30pm ET
Where:
The Cooper Union’s Great Hall, The Foundation Building
7 East 7th Street (btw 3rd and 4th Aves) New York City
