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    Weight of the Nation | Part 4: Challenges

    Presented by Nashville Civic Design Center at Nashville Public Library - Main Library

    September 12, 2012


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    Weight of the Nation | Part 4: Challenges
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    As part of its effort to help combat the obesity epidemic in our community, the Nashville Civic Design Center (NCDC), in partnership with the Tennessee Obesity Task Force, the Nashville Healthcare Council, YMCA of Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Office of Mayor Karl Dean/Metro Nashville, are hosting screenings of the four-part HBO Documentary as part of the NCDC’s CityThink event...

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    As part of its effort to help combat the obesity epidemic in our community, the Nashville Civic Design Center (NCDC), in partnership with the Tennessee Obesity Task Force, the Nashville Healthcare Council, YMCA of Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Office of Mayor Karl Dean/Metro Nashville, are hosting screenings of the four-part HBO Documentary as part of the NCDC’s CityThink event series.

    Part 4: Challenges

     

    Obesity is a very serious medical condition, no longer viewed as strictly an issue of cosmetics. It’s a contributing factor in the death and disability of too many of our neighbors, friends and family members, and its societal costs are astronomical. Although overall obesity prevalence rates appear to be leveling off, there are still far too many Americans who are overweight or obese - approximately one-third of adults are obese and another third are overweight.

     


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