What the Health
An investigative vegan documentary challenges the medical and commercial systems that normalize animal-based foods by linking diet, disease, and industry influence.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- provocative
- urgent
- confrontational
- health research
- documentary night
What critics said
Critics acknowledge the film's advocacy for plant-based eating but broadly fault its cherry-picked evidence, exaggerated health claims, and emotionally manipulative presentation.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The filmmakers connect plant-based eating with criticism of animal agriculture, health organizations, and industry influence.
Kip Andersen investigates how processed animal foods, medical research, and industry promotion intersect.
The film uses interviews, medical claims, and disturbing imagery to advocate veganism, while critics characterize its argument as sensationalized and selective.
The documentary juxtaposes animal agriculture and processed food practices with health-focused interviews and disease-related claims.
Films like What the Health, and why
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
activist documentary examining industrial food systems, public health, and the environmental consequences of animal agriculture
Forks Over Knives
vegan advocacy documentary using interviews, investigative claims, and emotionally charged appeals to challenge mainstream food practices
The Game Changers
health-focused documentary advocating plant-based eating while connecting diet with chronic disease and personal transformation
Movie Details
- Directors
- Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn
- Release Date
- 2017-03-16
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (367)
Cast
- Kip Andersen
- Larry Baldwin
- Neal Barnard
- Tia Blanco
- David Carter
- Jake Conroy
- Garth Davis
- Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.
- Mike Ewall
- Alan Goldhamer
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is What the Health about?
- An investigative vegan documentary challenges the medical and commercial systems that normalize animal-based foods by linking diet, disease, and industry influence.
- What is What the Health like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of What the Health as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is What the Health violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in What the Health as mild.
- What did critics think of What the Health?
- Critics acknowledge the film's advocacy for plant-based eating but broadly fault its cherry-picked evidence, exaggerated health claims, and emotionally manipulative presentation.
- Which films are like What the Health?
- Films with a similar feel include Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, Forks Over Knives, and The Game Changers.
- How long is What the Health?
- What the Health runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch What the Health?
- In United States, What the Health streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
