The Weight of the Nation Surprising Lessons about Diets, Food, and Fat from the Extraordinary Series from HBO Documentary Films

John Hoffman, Judith A. Salerno, Alexandra Moss, Harvey V. Fineberg, Kelly D. Brownell, Bernadette Dunne

eAudio - 2012

America's ever-expanding waistline—we see it, we hear about it, and we worry about it, but can anything be done about it? We know all the usual suspects: red meat, dairy, white flour, refined sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, a lack of exercise, too much television—the list goes on and on. It seems simple, right? Not really. There's a lot more going on below the surface when it comes to what America is eating for dinner—and breakfast and lunch and in between.People today work harder and take better care of their health than any previous generation. So how could two-thirds of us fail to measure up when it comes to eating right and exercising? HBO and the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine have joined toge...ther to bring you the nation's foremost experts and definitive research on weight and weight loss.The Weight of the Nation digs deep to uncover what's going on in our minds, in our stomachs, in corporate America, on our farms... more