"The Weight of the Nation" (2012) TV series 2012-

Writer:

Dan Chaykin

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

14 May 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

To win, we have to lose.

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Cindy Roach	...	Herself - School Bus Driver (1 episode, 2012)
Gerald Berenson	...	Himself - Founder, Bogalusa Heart Study, Tulane University School of Medicine (1 episode, 2012)
Peter Katzmarzyk	...	Himself - Epidemiologist, Pennington Biomedical Research Center (1 episode, 2012)
Stephanie Broyles	...	Herself - Epidemiologist, Pennington Biomedical Research Center (1 episode, 2012)
Kathy Pigott	...	Herself - Teacher, Bogalusa Middle School (1 episode, 2012)
Joe Culpepper	...	Himself - Bogalusa Police Department (1 episode, 2012)
Jack P. Shonkoff	...	Himself - Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University (1 episode, 2012)
Thomas Frieden	...	Himself - Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 episode, 2012)
Shiriki Kumanyika	...	Herself - Professor of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (1 episode, 2012)
Marlene Schwartz	...	Herself - Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University (1 episode, 2012)
Francis Collins	...	Himself - Director, National Institutes of Health (1 episode, 2012)
Rudy Leibel	...	Himself - Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center (1 episode, 2012)
Thomas Farley	...	Himself - Commissioner, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (1 episode, 2012)
Deborah Lomax	...	Herself - Deputy Director, Bronx District Public Health Office (1 episode, 2012)
Michael Nutter	...	Himself - Mayor of Philadelphia (1 episode, 2012)
America Bracho	...	Herself - Executive Director, Latino Health Access (1 episode, 2012)
Tony Iton	...	Himself - Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities, Tha California Endowment (1 episode, 2012)
Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge	...	Herself - Director, Bureau of Family, Youth, and Infant Health, City of Nashville (1 episode, 2012)
Karl Dean	...	Himself - Mayor of Nashville (1 episode, 2012)
Anna Busby	...	Herself - School Health Nurse, Bogalusa Middle School (1 episode, 2012)
Marsha Culpepper	...	Herself - School Health Nurse, Bogalusa Middle School (1 episode, 2012)
Raghubir Mangat	...	Herself - Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center (1 episode, 2012)
Donald Lloyd-Jones	...	Himself - Chair, Preventative Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (1 episode, 2012)
Jon Lomasney	...	Himself - Director of Autopsy, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (1 episode, 2012)
Roy Agee	...	Himself - Musician (1 episode, 2012)
Deborah Clegg	...	Herself - Metabolism Investigator, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1 episode, 2012)
Samuel Klein	...	Himself - Director, Center for Human Nutrition Washington University School of Medicine (1 episode, 2012)
Peter Gluckman	...	Himself - Director, Centre for Human Evolution, Adaptation, and Disease (1 episode, 2012)
David Flum	...	Himself - Surgeon, University of Washington Medical Center (1 episode, 2012)
Robert Lustig	...	Himself - Pediatric Endocrinologist, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (1 episode, 2012)
Jennifer Ericson	...	Herself - Weight Gain Study Participant (1 episode, 2012)
Elisa Fabbrini	...	Herself - Washington University School of Medicine (1 episode, 2012)
William Dietz	...	Himself - Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 episode, 2012)
Eduardo Sanchez	...	Himself - Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (1 episode, 2012)
Nora Volkow	...	Herself - Neuroscientist, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (1 episode, 2012)
Mary Hanley	...	Herself - Dan's Wife (1 episode, 2012)
Dan Hanley	...	Himself - Diabetes Patient (1 episode, 2012)
David Nathan	...	Himself - Director, Diabetes Center, Massachusetts General Hospital (1 episode, 2012)
Philip Marineau	...	Himself - Former President, The Quaker Oats Company, Pepsi-Cola North America (1 episode, 2012)

Series Directed by
Dan Chaykin		(1 episode, 2012)

Series Writing credits
Dan Chaykin		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Ellin Baumel	....	line producer (3 episodes, 2012)
Sonia Dulay	....	co-producer (3 episodes, 2012)
Tomek Gross	....	co-producer (3 episodes, 2012)
John Hoffman	....	executive producer / producer (3 episodes, 2012)
Alexandra Moss	....	co-producer (3 episodes, 2012)
Sheila Nevins	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2012)
Sarah Teale	....	producer (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Original Music by
Daniel Freiberg		(5 episodes, 2012)
Wendy Blackstone		(unknown episodes)
Adam Dorn		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Samuel Painter		(unknown episodes)
Dyanna Taylor		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jennifer McGarrity		(3 episodes, 2012)
Paula Heredia		(2 episodes, 2012)

Series Production Management
Rob Forlenza	....	post-production manager (4 episodes, 2012)
Kate Barry	....	production manager (2 episodes, 2012)
Judy Moy	....	production manager (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Sound Department
Ken Hahn	....	sound re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor (4 episodes, 2012)
James David Redding III	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 2012)
Brent Lestage	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Roger Phenix	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Robert Weiss	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Barnett	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Trey Cartwright	....	gaffer: Austin (unknown episodes)
Peter H. Chang	....	time-lapse photography (unknown episodes)
Ryan Doris	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Brad Kremer	....	time-lapse photography (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Anne Allen	....	first assistant editor (4 episodes, 2012)
Scot Olive	....	colorist (2 episodes, 2012)
Phillip Chalmers	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)
Jenna Hill	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
John Rafanelli	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Danny Michelson	....	production assistant (14 episodes, 2012)
Nazenet Habtezghi	....	production associate / researcher (4 episodes, 2012)
Jerry Heer	....	media management (unknown episodes)
Julia Saunders	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Carlos Valdivia	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Vestuto	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Caroline Waterlow	....	archival consultant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• HBO Documentary Films

Distributors

• HBO Documentary Films (2012) (worldwide) (all media)
• HBO Documentary (2012) (worldwide) (TV)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

HBO Documentary Films