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The Family Psychologists / Thinking Small /
Fighting Obesity and Diabetes

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Ideally, a better, healthier society begins in the home. In The Family Psychologists, two noted experts from Texas Tech tell us why stable, nurturing families help determine the future of us all.

Thinking Small peers into the microscopic world of nanotechnology — the manipulation of materials at the molecular level. See how UT Dallas innovators are focusing on the creation of artificial muscles through nanotechnology in an effort that will one day rebuild bodies.

Across Texas and the nation, obesity and diabetes are combining to create a widespread health crisis that kills and alters lives. Fighting Obesity and Diabetes follows higher-education experts combating this deadly epidemic through education, research and better choices. A diabetes patient and her husband speak about their struggles with both illness and poverty.

Length: 27 min.

Rating: TV-G