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		Discrimination against overweight persons.

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The weight of the nation [videorecording (DVD)] : confronting America's obesity epidemic.

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HBO Home Box Office ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2012.

DVD 362.196398 W419 Doc

Obesity -- United States.

Obesity -- North America.

Obesity -- Health aspects.

Obesity -- Social aspects.

Obesity -- Psychological aspects.

Food habits -- United States.

Food habits -- North America.

Public health -- United States.

Public health -- North America.

Discrimination against overweight persons.

[videorecording (DVD)] :

3 videodiscs (276 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 program guide (20 p.)

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.

Disc 3 has bonus shorts (over four hours of additional material), including twelve comprehensive segments, such as Healthy mom, healthy baby: the risks of excess weight, Obesity and type 2 diabetes, Stigma: the human cost of obesity, and more.

Booklet contains additional information about the films and DVD set.

Originally broadcast in 2012.

Closed-captioned.

English or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional Spanish, English or French subtitles.

Disc 1. pt. 1. Consequences / Producer, John Hoffman ; editor, Paula Heredia. pt. 2. Choices / Director, Dan Chaykin ; Producer, Dan Chaykin, John Hoffman ; editor, Jennifer McGarrity -- disc 2. pt. 3. Children in crisis / Producer, John Hoffman ; editor, Paula Heredia. pt. 4. Challenges / Director, Dan Chaykin ; Producer, Dan Chaykin, John Hoffman ; editors, Paula Heredia ... [et al.] -- disc 3. Bonus shorts: Healthy mom, healthy baby: the risks of excess weight ; Obesity and type 2 diabetes ; Latino health access: a model of community action ; Nashville takes action: a city battles obesity ; Can a lifetime of excess weight lead to heart disease? ; Poverty and obesity: why healthy food isn't an option ; Stigma: the human cost of obesity ; Overweight in the workplace: how wellness programs can help the American workplace ; The quest to understand the biology of weight loss ; Is weight something we inherit? ; Healthy foods and obesity prevention: increasing markets for fruit and vegetable farmers ; Obesity research and the National Institute of Health.

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

"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.

Documentary television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Hoffman, John, 1959-

Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Kaiser Permanente.

HBO Documentary Films.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

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