3/3. Desperate Measures. Can pills or surgery succeed where willpower has failed? For pharmaceutical companies, miracle weight-loss drugs are the holy grail - yet in America in the 1990s, hundreds of women died after one firm put profits before safety. Meanwhile,
15-year-old Charlie Fabrikant eagerly awaits his gastric bypass, a surgical procedure that will reduce both his stomach and his ability to eat normally.
Producer Claire Hughes : Executive producer Lucy Hillman