• Manufacturer: HBO

• SKU: 372331

• Description: Continuing its tradition of drawing attention to the nations most pressing health issues in such presentations as Addiction and The Alzheimers Project, HBO Documentary Films addresses the obesity epidemic in America, in the 4-part documentary series The Weight of the Nation. Three years in the making, The Weight of the Nation brings together the countrys leading research institutions in a national initiative to help shed light on solutions to restore our individual and collective health. The Weight of the Nation is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.