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Fighting Obesity in Nevada

So it's an epidemic already but in a state which perfected the art of all-you-can-eat and the all-day buffet, what would you expect? So apart from the occasional overindulging, why are we getting fatter? Not enough exercise? Too much food? Too much snacking? We'll ask some people who have struggled with obesity and with health officials who are trying to help the rest of us get a handle on the problem.

 

GUESTS

Leslie Johnstone, Exec Dir, Health Services Coalition

Heather Avila, Dir of Marketing and Bus Dev, Weight Watchers Las Vegas

Mandee Bowler, gastric bypass patient

Erin Dixon, Washoe County Health Dist

  • National Institutes of Health: Obesity
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