HBO Documentary Series, The Weight of the Nation, to Air in May

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 is an HBO Documentary Films and Institute of Medicine (IOM)

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 National Institutes of Health (NIH)

, and with the support of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

and Kaiser Permanente

.
The goal of The Weight of the Nation is to raise public awareness of the complexity of the obesity epidemic.