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Examination of the weight-loss industry. Jacques Peretti asks why the world's population continues to get fatter, despite the billions that are spent on weight loss every year.

In the final instalment of this three-part series, Jacques Peretti asks why the world's population continues to get fatter, despite the fact that billions are spent on weight loss every year. He travels to America to investigate the parallels between food companies and the tobacco industry and meets the activists battling to introduce laws to tax fatty and sugary foods - and facing fierce resistance from industry.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 May 201621:10GMT

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJacques Peretti
WriterJacques Peretti
Series ProducerMike Radford
Executive ProducerDavid Wise
ProducerMike Radford
DirectorMike Radford

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 Apr 201604:10GMT
  • Sat 30 Apr 201615:10GMT
  • Sun 1 May 201609:10GMT
  • Sun 1 May 201621:10GMT