HBO Documentary Films - The Weight of the Nation Trailer (HBO Docs)

[♪ music ♪] I'm 5'10" and 242 pounds. I always say this is the biggest I'm ever going to be, and I said that 20 pounds ago. A third of Americans are obese. Another third is overweight. Obesity is the biggest threat to the health, welfare, and future of this country. I have always been overweight. I've got diabetes. >>Sleep apnea. Heart disease. >>Everything is hurting now. It's a lot easier to lose weight than it is to keep weight off. This is probably going to be the first generation of children who are going to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. 18% of our children right now are obese. It's not only health, it's about survival and wellbeing of the United States as a nation. You don't crave broccoli, and our generation has grown up craving a Big Mac. I want to think that there's something better for me. Unless we're able to control this epidemic, we're going to have an abundance of chronic disease. All of us have to be part of the solution to reduce obesity. The weight of the nation is out of control, but we can fix that. If we don't now take this as a really urgent national priority, we are all going to pay a really serious price. Obesity will crush the United States in oblivion. [The Weight Of The Nation] [To Win, We Have to Lose.]