Obesity may be the biggest health crisis on the planet, and health systems everywhere are now facing an approaching tsunami of type-two diabetes and heart disease.

How did we go from obesity rates of 9%, to 30% in less than a generation?

It’s official: there are now more fat people than skinny people in the world. For the first time in history, children are facing shorter lives than their parents. Over the last thirty-five years, obesity rates have more than doubled, leading to a massive and rapid increase in heart disease, kidney problems, high-blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. How did we go from obesity rates of 9% to 30% in less than a generation? Why Are We Fat? explains the reasons for our rapid weight gain and looks at what we can do about it.

Presented by Chef Simon Gault, a diabetic who talks to experts from around the world and becomes a human guinea-pig in an attempt to improve his own health, “Why Are We Fat?” examines the science behind obesity, new evidence, and the looming health crisis. In this 3-part series, Simon Gault talks about the obesity epidemic and the disease he was embarrassed to have.

So how did this happen? Why Are We Fat? explains some of the reasons for our rapid world-wide weight gain and looks at what we can do about it.

2016 / 3-part series – 129 minutes on 1 disc

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