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Original language(s)
  
English

Original network
  
HBO

First episode date
  
14 May 2012

Genre
  
Documentary film

7.5/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of episodes
  
4

Original release
  
2012 (2012)

Written by
  
Dan Chaykin

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Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series

Executive producers
  
John Hoffman, Dan Chaykin, Sheila Nevins, Sarah Teale

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Profiles

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The Weight of the Nation is a four-part documentary series produced by American cable television network HBO. Addressing the growing obesity epidemic in the United States, it was first aired in May 2012.

Contents

The scientific commentators featured in the documentary include Francis Collins, Samuel Klein, Rudolph Leibel, and Robert Lustig.

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Content

The series consists of four approximately hour-long films:

  1. Consequences
  2. Choices
  3. Children in Crisis
  4. Challenges

References

The Weight of the Nation Wikipedia