The Weight of the Nation (2012)

The Weight of the Nation is the four part documentary series by HBO, each featuring case studies, interviews with our nation’s leading experts, and individuals and their families struggling with obesity.

This film examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. The documentary reveals what science has shown about losing weight, maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain.

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.

Find out the major driving forces causing the obesity epidemic, including agriculture, economics, evolutionary biology, food marketing, racial and socio-economic disparities, physical inactivity, American food culture, and the strong influence of the food and beverage industry.