The Men Who Made Us Thin

Jacques Peretti investigates the connections between obesity and weight loss, confronting some of the men making a fortune from our desire to become thin.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

The Men Who Made Us Thin

First Air Date

August 8, 2013

Last Air Date

August 29, 2013

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Language

English

Production Companies

Splice Post

Networks

BBC Two

Episode 4
S01E04

Episode 4

In the final instalment of this four-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.

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