The weight of the nation /
HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine ; in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [and others] ; producer, Sarah Teale ; HBO.

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Chaykin, Dan.
Hoffman, John, 1959-
Kaiser Permanente.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Center for Disease Control.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
HBO Documentary Films.
Language(s)
English ; Spanish ; French
Published
[New York] : HBO Home Box Office ; 2012.
Subjects
Social Problems.
Health Promotion.
Feeding Behavior.
Obesity.
Public health.
Obesity.
Food habits.
Higiene pública > Estados Unidos.
Hábitos alimenticios > Estados Unidos.
Obesidad > Estados Unidos.
Public health > United States.
Food habits > United States.
Obesity > United States.
United States.
United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Feature films.
Documentary television programs.
Spanish language materials.
French language materials.
Summary
"CONSEQUENCES examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. CHOICES offers viewers the skinny on fat, revealing what science has shown about how to lose weight, maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain. CHILDREN IN CRISIS documents the damage obesity is doing to our nation's children. Through individual stories, this film describes how the strong forces at work in our society are causing children to consume too many calories and expend too little energy; tackling subjects from school lunches to the decline of physical education, the demise of school recess and the marketing of unhealthy food to children. CHALLENGES examines the major driving forces causing the obesity epidemic, including agriculture, economics, evolutionary biology, food marketing, racial and socioeconomic disparities, physical inactivity, American food culture, and the strong influence of the food and beverage industry."--Producers.
Note
Originally broadcast in 2012.
Bonus shorts; twelve comprehensive segments.
Developed in partnership with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) at the National Academies of Science, in association with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with support from Kaiser Permanente and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, The Weight of the Nation is one of the largest public health campaigns on obesity the nation has seen to date.
Rating: TVPG
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program guide (20 pages)
ISBN
0780695089
9780780695085
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