The Weight of the Nation

  • Premiered: May 2012
  • Episodes: 4
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • HBO
  • Monday at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 1
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Part 1: Consequences
Episode overview
Air date
May 14, 2012
The first film in The Weight of the Nation series examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese.
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Part 2: Choices
Episode overview
Air date
May 14, 2012
For all the remarkable high-tech tools available to medicine, for all the billions of dollars in drug research, there’s still no highly effective medication to prevent or reverse obesity – why?
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Part 3: Children in Crisis
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 2012
Some experts fear this may be the first generation of American children who will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
1x4 Show finale
Part 4: Challenges
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 2012
The final film of the series examines the origins and severity of the obesity epidemic, examines its major driving forces and looks at opportunities for communities to fight back.

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