Horizon
Season 53 Episode 11 - Why Are We Getting So Fat?
Over 62% of adults in the UK are currently overweight or obese and this figure is set to rise. A common attitude is that obese people should be ashamed - it is their fault, they have no will power and if they could just 'eat less and exercise more', the problem would soon be solved. Yet, despite millions of pounds being spent on this simple message, the UK is getting fatter every year. Cambridge geneticist Dr Giles Yeo believes that for many obese people, simply eating less is a lot harder than you might think - and he is taking a road trip around the UK and America to uncover why. He meets the real people behind some of the more shocking newspaper headlines and, through their stories, reveals surprising truths which dispel commonly held myths about obesity. He gains access to scientists and doctors trialling cutting-edge techniques to tackle the crisis - from a 'miracle' hormone injection to a transfusion of faecal matter, and even learns a thing or two about his own size and relationship with food.
Episodes in Season 53
The Immortalist
60 min
Project Greenglow - The Quest for Gravity Control
60 min
The Mystery of Dark Energy
60 min
Oceans of the Solar System
60 min
The End of the Solar System
60 min
Should We Close Our Zoos?
60 min
How to Find Love Online
60 min
Ice Station Antarctica
60 min
Curing Alzheimer's
60 min
E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?
60 min
Why Are We Getting So Fat?
60 min
Sports Doping - Winning At Any Cost?
60 min
Inside CERN
60 min
My Amazing Twin
60 min
The Lost Tribes of Humanity
60 min
The Wildest Weather in the Universe
60 min
