List of episodes of the series «The Weight of the Nation»

Part 1: Consequences

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 60 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Part 2: Choices

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Part 3: Children in Crisis

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 60 min.
• Episode description:
  Some experts fear this may be the first generation of American children who will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.

Part 4: Challenges

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 60 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Healthy Mom Healthy Baby

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 60 min.
• Episode description:
  Intervention during pregnancy and early childhood may offer the best way to curtail the obesity epidemic for the next generation. In this film, we tell the story of Kerri, an overweight woman who was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during her first pregnancy. With the help of her doctors and the support of her husband, she successfully managed her condition and gave birth to a healthy son, whom she is now raising with a careful eye on the development of health-promoting habits that will last a lifetime.

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Latino Health Access

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Nashville Takes Action

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Heart Disease

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Poverty and Obesity

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Stigma

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Overweight in the Workplace

• Episode number: 12
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Biology of Weight Loss

• Episode number: 13
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Is Weight Something We Inherit

• Episode number: 14
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Healthy Foods and Obesity Prevention

• Episode number: 15
• Episode duration: 60 min.

Obesity Research

• Episode number: 16
• Episode duration: 60 min.