Discover
America's obesity epidemic--its causes, symptoms, treatments, solutions, and more--is the focus of this multi-part,
multimedia HBO project.
Original Release
05/14/2012 on hbo
US Release
05/14/2012
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Larry Dwyer | Self |
| Cindy Roach | Self - School Bus Driver |
| Gerald Berenson | Self - Founder, Bogalusa Heart Study, Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Peter Katzmarzyk | Self - Epidemiologist, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
| Stephanie Broyles | Self - Epidemiologist, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
| Kathy Pigott | Self - Teacher, Bogalusa Middle School |
| Joe Culpepper | Self - Bogalusa Police Department |
| Jack P. Shonkoff | Self - Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University |
| Thomas Frieden | Self - Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Shiriki Kumanyika | Self - Professor of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consequences | Monday, 14 May 2012 |
| 2 | Choices | Monday, 14 May 2012 |
| 3 | Children in Crisis | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 |
| 4 | Challenges | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 |
| 5 | Healthy Mom Healthy Baby | |
| 6 | Latino Health Access: A Model of Community Action | Tuesday, 01 May 2012 |
| 7 | Latino Health Access | |
| 8 | Nashville Takes Action | |
| 9 | Heart Disease | |
| 10 | Poverty and Obesity | |
| 11 | Stigma | |
| 12 | Overweight in the Workplace | |
| 13 | Biology of Weight Loss | |
| 14 | Increasing Markets for Fruit and Veg Farmers | Saturday, 24 November 2012 |
| 15 | Healthy Foods and Obesity Prevention | |
| 16 | Obesity Research |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Larry Dwyer | Self |
| Cindy Roach | Self - School Bus Driver |
| Gerald Berenson | Self - Founder, Bogalusa Heart Study, Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Peter Katzmarzyk | Self - Epidemiologist, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
| Stephanie Broyles | Self - Epidemiologist, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
| Kathy Pigott | Self - Teacher, Bogalusa Middle School |
| Joe Culpepper | Self - Bogalusa Police Department |
| Jack P. Shonkoff | Self - Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University |
| Thomas Frieden | Self - Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Shiriki Kumanyika | Self - Professor of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| Marlene Schwartz | Self - Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University |
| Francis Collins | Self - Director, National Institutes of Health |
| Rudy Leibel | Self - Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center |
| Thomas Farley | Self - Commissioner, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene |
| Deborah Lomax | Self - Deputy Director, Bronx District Public Health Office |
| Michael Nutter | Self - Mayor of Philadelphia |
| America Bracho | Self - Executive Director, Latino Health Access |
| Tony Iton | Self - Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities, Tha California Endowment |
| Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge | Self - Director, Bureau of Family, Youth, and Infant Health, City of Nashville |
| Karl Dean | Self - Mayor of Nashville |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| John Hoffman | Executive Producer |
| Alexandra Moss | Producer |
| Ellin Baumel | Producer |
| Tomek Gross | Producer |
| Sonia Dulay | Producer |
| Sarah Teale | Producer |
| Dan Chaykin | Producer |
| Kate Barry | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Nominated |
