Starting the first week of May, a series of new materials and activities by the Institute of Medicine, HBO, and other organizations aim to galvanize national attention and spur action on America's obesity crisis.

 

Additional information on the study is available at http://www.iom.edu/AcceleratingObesityPrevention and information on the conference is available at http://www.weightofthenation.org. Additional materials and activities related to the Weight of the Nation national initiative are detailed at http://www.hbo.com/weightofthenation.