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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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StatusEnded
Original NameThe Men Who Made Us Thin
First Air DateAugust 8, 2013
Last Air DateAugust 29, 2013
Seasons1
Episodes4
Episode Runtime 0min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesSplice Post
NetworksBBC Two
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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