New HBO Multimedia Project "The Weight Of The Nation" To Premiere At Miami-Dade College's Wolfson Campus On Tuesday, May 1

New HBO Multimedia Project "The Weight Of The Nation" To Premiere At Miami-Dade College's Wolfson Campus On Tuesday, May 1

Miami Premiere Part of National Outreach Campaign

WHAT: The Miami premiere of HBO Documentary Films' THE
WEIGHT OF THE NATION is presented by HBO and
Comcast, in partnership with Miami-Dade County
Health Department and its Make Healthy Happen
Miami initiative and the Alliance for a
Healthier Generation, and is part of a
nationwide community outreach campaign. An
overview of the series and Part 3 "Children in
Crisis" will be screened.

Continuing its tradition of spotlighting the
nation's most pressing health issues in such
presentations as "Addiction" and "The
Alzheimer's Project," HBO addresses obesity in
THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION, helping launch one of
the most far-reaching public health campaigns
on this epidemic to date.Three years in the
making, the series spotlights the causes of
America's obesity epidemic -- showing how
obesity affects the health of the nation and
cripples the health care system, and shedding
light on solutions to restore our individual and
collective health.

Bringing together the nation's leading research
institutions, THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a
presentation of HBO Documentary Films and the
Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), and in partnership with the Michael &
Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.
The film series comprises four documentary films
that will premiere on HBO on May 14 and 15, a
three part "The Weight Of The Nation For Kids
series" including one airing May 16, 12 bonus
shorts, a social media campaign, a book
published by St. Martin's Press and a nationwide
community-based outreach campaign to support
the initiative.

WHO: The following will be available for interviews:
· John Hoffman, vice president of HBO
Documentary Films; producer and co-
executive producer for THE WEIGHT OF THE
NATION, will be available for phone
interviews
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· Karen Weller, RN, BSN, MBA-HSM,
Director, Office of Community Health and
Planning, Miami-Dade County Health
Department
· Gillian Sealy, Regional Lead, Greater
Southeast, Alliance for a Healthier
Generation, a leading national
organization working to combat childhood
obesity

*A limited number of seats are available to the
public for this event and reservations are
recommended. RSVP tohttps://
www.homeboxoffice.com/rsvp/miamiTWOTN
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WHEN: Tuesday, May 1, 2012:

5:30-6:00pm On-site interviews
6:00pm Reception, featuring a mini farmers market and a healthy cooking demonstration by the
"Short Chef"
7:00pm Screening in MDC's Wolfson Campus Auditorium, Building 1

WHERE: Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus Auditorium
Building 1
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132

Reception will be held on the first floor atrium
of Building 1.

Free parking is available at Miami-Dade
College's parking garage located at:
500 NE 2nd Avenue
Entrances at 5th and 6th Streets.
Media requests should be directed to: Carmen Argamasilla, HBO, 305-491-3051 or Carmen@redfoxpr.com

*Clip reels are available for broadcast media.*

/PRNewswire -- April 30, 2012/

SOURCE HBO

HBO

Web Site: https://www.homeboxoffice.com/


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