Horizon
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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, revea
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Episode 11 of season 53 of Horizon: “Why Are We Getting So Fat?”. Aired 2016-06-07. Watch it online free on ZapFlix.