Part 1: Consequences (HBO: The Weight of the Nation)

To win, we have to lose. The four-part HBO Documentary Films series, The Weight of The Nation explores the obesity epidemic in America. For more information on The Weight of the Nation, visit http://hbo.com/theweightofthenation.

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[xdude57]

By product of capitalism - Let me explain, you sell food that has highest margins - food devoid of nutrition with high shelf life - advertise those foods from the profit they generate - seeking exponential growth in profits - sell more crap.

What else do you expect? Its hard to stop this juggernaut, unless economic incentives change, f**k the individual responsibility, It will work for the odd individual but not society as a whole.

[Jacob Wish]

Go Vegan. Problem solved.

[Mike Jones]

Protein? I can understand with a vegetarian diet you can get protein from non meat sources (Milk, eggs, ect.) but on a vegan diet how do you get protein without using supplements? Humans are omnivores, not animals designed to produce essential amino acids found in meats and dairy on our own. Just limit how much meat you consume, don't cut it out from your life.

[Andy Hann]

Well at least men are not really fat yay:)

[Moreba]

BMI is outdated. Is only a guideline, not a rule.

I watched the whole series. Yes people in general are "mean" to obese and overweight people. Horribly mean. The documentary, however, is not made to pressure people in to being "skinny" is about helping people being Healthy.

By the way, people are also mean to homosexuals, diferent ethnic groups, unconventional looking people, amputees, mentally challenged people, poor people, and the list goes on.

People tend to be mean, no surprise there.

[Anna Jonsson Lundberg]

its still overweight in BMI standards . and thin people can still have fat around the organs. and we all know that fat around the hips is completely safe.

Watch : Stigma: The Human Cost of Obesity (HBO: The Weight of the Nation)

[Moreba]

Then by definition is not 20 kg overweight. If some of those 20 kg are muscle, then that does not constitute extra weight. Specially if your ethnicity is build with diferent standards.

I am not talking about YOUR weight, I do not know your weight, This is not personal. I am talking about health risks in general for obese and overweight people. Please, check this page in google it is called "World Health Organization" look for "Obesity and Overweight"

Why would you think I am talking about You?

[Anna Jonsson Lundberg]

20kg overweight is not just about fat. its about muscle to carry it and what ethnicgroup ur in. im lappish, a form of enuit. Even though i work out every day and eat very healthy, not drinking smoking or doing drugs, u think that my weight is unhealthy in the long run even though my doctor says im very very healthy and loosing 20pound would prolly not suit my kind of body

[Anna Jonsson Lundberg]

i guess you didnt watch all of the episodes

[Moreba]

Well, yes, yes I am talking about Obese people. Like the people in the video.

Because these are comments in a video, about the video.

What are you talking about then? O_o

By the way, 20 kilos overweight if composed purely of fat, is generaly obese, unless you are 1.90 m tall. Not morbidly obese, but obese nonteless.

And Again, nobody is talking about "skinny" here, the video (and I) is about being in a healthy weight. 20 kilos of extra fat is not healthy in the long run.

[Anna Jonsson Lundberg]

ur talking about extremely fat ppl. we dont have alot of those in Sweden.

I know alot of fat ppl, none of them have died.

I think ur putting all overweight ppl in the same box. There is a wide range of plussize ppl out there, and 20kg overweight does not equal a lesser quality of life, i can assure you that. people come in all sizes and if ur fat but healthy, then u dont need to be skinny. Fat does not mean Unhealthy, Obese however is another matter.

[Moreba]

Look; this is not personal, unless you make it so. I am not attacking you. I am simply stating a Fact.

People who are obese live lower quality lives than fit, healthy people. This is a fact. If this is not a reason for being less happy than fit, healthy people, then I don't know what is. You can call me "dumb" all you want, it changes nothing

Fitness is Not the ONLY factor to achieve happiness,but it is an important one.I knew obese people,they are dead.

Appeals to emotion don't change reality.