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The Men Who Made Us Thin: Episode 2

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

23/04/2016 GMT

Episode 2

The Men Who Made Us Thin

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Jacques Peretti examines the links between the fitness and the food industries.

Jacques Peretti examines the links between exercise and weight loss as he charts the story of the fitness industry. He also sheds light on the search for a safe weight loss pill.

In the second of this three-part series, Jacques Peretti charts the story of the fitness industry and examines the links between exercise and weight loss. He speaks to the former Global Head of Health at PepsiCo and asks why the food industry puts so much money into promoting exercise. Peretti also examines some of the pharmaceutical solutions available for weight-loss as he tells the story of the race to find a safe and effective pill to make us thin.

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Jacques Peretti investigates the connections between obesity and weight loss.

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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