Obesity and Overweight for Professionals: Strategies to Combat Obesity: For My Community: Weight of the Nation - DNPAO - CDC
HBO Documentary Series, The Weight of the Nation, to Air in May
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Obesity is common, serious, and costly. More than one-third of adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% of children and adolescents are obese.
The Weight of the Nation![External Web Site Icon External Web Site Icon](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tDi6j3k1p9CW3fwK58dJOPh4DhoUIQdEpD6QLKRpbGfeyOoCdYuNJ4Q3hIkmLykwG84cPR6CyxqinRxLL1zVRDPslVF8hxbk6iIx_2XaNoKxQ_Hl9wC8zI=s0-d)
is an HBO Documentary Films and
Institute of Medicine (IOM)![External Web Site Icon External Web Site Icon](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tDi6j3k1p9CW3fwK58dJOPh4DhoUIQdEpD6QLKRpbGfeyOoCdYuNJ4Q3hIkmLykwG84cPR6CyxqinRxLL1zVRDPslVF8hxbk6iIx_2XaNoKxQ_Hl9wC8zI=s0-d)
four-part series confronting America's obesity epidemic. The series, three years in the making, comprises four documentary films, a three-part series for families, 12 bonus shorts, a social media campaign, and a nationwide community-based outreach campaign to support the initiative. The four-part documentary series premieres May 14 and 15, followed on May 16 by the three-part series for families.
The films were developed in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the
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, and with the support of the
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The goal of
The Weight of the Nation is to raise public awareness of the complexity of the obesity epidemic.
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