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Horizon: 2011-2012: Episode 11: The Truth about Fat

The Truth about Fat

Episode 11

Episode 11: The Truth about Fat

2011-2012

BBC Two - Horizon, 2011-2012, The Truth about Fat

Surgeon Gabriel Weston learns the truth about why so many people are piling on the pounds.

Science series. Surgeon Gabriel Weston discovers the truth about why so many people are piling on the pounds, and how to fight the fat epidemic by altering how brains work.

Surgeon Gabriel Weston discovers the surprising truth about why so many people are piling on the pounds, and how to fight the fat epidemic. 

She discovers the hidden battles of hormones that control people's appetites, and sees the latest surgery that fundamentally changes what a patient wants to eat by altering how their brains work. 

Gabriel is shocked to find out that when it comes to being overweight, it is not always your fault you are fat.

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