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Weight of the Nation: Premieres Tonight (Plus a Few Minutes with Preston Maring, MD)

It’s finally here:  Tonight, The Weight of the Nation premieres on HBO.  Parts one and two air tonight, with parts three and four debuting tomorrow night. HBO has made the broadcast of The Weight of the Nation available for free to cable broadcasters. Check your local listings to see if it is carried in your area. The films also will be available at hbo.com, where they will be online at 8 pm ET.  They’ll be on HBO’s YouTube channel, as well.

The documentary series on America’s obesity crisis is produced in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute of Medicine, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente.

See the trailer for The Weight of the Nation below.   And after that, check out our recent conversation with Preston Maring, MD – the founder of Kaiser Permanente’s farmers markets.  We caught up with Dr. Maring, who is featured in part four of the HBO series, after the screening of the documentary in Washington, D.C.

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