National Research Council. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012.
Two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are overweight or obese. Left unchecked, obesity's effects on health, health care costs, and our productivity as a nation could become catastrophic. The staggering human toll of obesity-related chronic disease and disability and an annual cost of $190.2 billion for treating obesity-related illness underscore the urgent need to strengthen obesity prevention efforts in the United States. The IOM evaluated prior obesity-prevention strategies and identified recommendations to accelerate progress. The IOM's recommendations, when implemented together, could profoundly reshape the environments where people live, learn, work, and play.
Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention is the basis of Weight of the Nation, a multipronged project, which will shed new light on the facts and myths of this urgent public health issue and explore how obesity is impacting our nation and the health care system. This project will feature a series of four documentary films, a three-part HBO Family series, 14 bonus short films, a social media campaign, a companion book, and a nationwide community-based outreach campaign. The four-part documentary series - which will air May 14 and 15 - and other facets of the initiative were developed with expert input from IOM as well as CDC and NIH.
Click the link below for more information about the project provided by the IOM.
Weight of the Nation: Project Page
Check out the HBO trailer for a sneak peak at the documentary series airing May 14th and 15th.
Watch the Weight of the Nation HBO Trailer
Stay tuned for the full length documentaries, which will be free to view even without an HBO subscription.
Learn more about the Weight of the Nation book, which was co-authored by IOM Executive Officer, Judith Salerno.
Want to read the book? Purchase Weight of the Nation here.
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