Obesity happens one pound at a time. So does prevention.

This public service announcement illustrates that even a few extra pounds can affect your health and life more than you may think. Average people in a park -- not actors - are asked to carry a 10-pound sandbag, and report how the added weight affects them and their ability to carry out normal, everyday activities.

Learn more at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/onepound.htm or www.hhs.gov/onepoundatatime.

Presented by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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