The movement against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began smallâamong peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campusesâbut gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest.
Coordinates: 38Â°53â²48â³N 77Â°01â²10â³W / 38.8968Â°N 77.0194Â°W / 38.8968; -77.0194. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM), is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
The IOM is part of the National Academies and offers advice to the government, and others, on health issues. The report was released at the Weight of the Nation conference, a three-day meeting hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.