2009
Five best friends start a challenge to lose 50 pounds each in 120 days to compete in a triathlon.
2011
Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic reveals how medicine may be practiced in the future. The show uses Skype video calling to offer members of the public appointments with Dr Christian Jessen and Dr Dawn Harper, along with guest specialists, during the live broadcast. Focusing on live diagnosis and consumer healthcare, the doctors arm callers and viewers with practical advice and information on what treatments and services are available to them both on the NHS and privately. Alongside the live cases there are consumer items featuring tests on over-the-counter medicines and insight into popular procedures such as laser eye-surgery.
2004
The Biggest Loser features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight.
2020
The Slaton sisters averaging over a thousand pounds, have always depended on each other for support. Now in their 30s, Amy wants to have children, but cannot due to her weight, while her elder sister Tammy is near bedridden.
2012
Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.
2007
Embarrassing Bodies is a British television programme broadcast by Channel 4 and made by Maverick Television since 2007. In 2011, an hour long live show was introduced, "Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic", which makes use of Skype technology. Various spin-offs have been produced in relation to the programme to target different patients, such as Embarrassing Fat Bodies and Embarrassing Teenage Bodies. The show has a strong multiplatform presence on web and mobile.
2010
Jamie Oliver is here to start a revolution. The impassioned chef takes on obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the United States, where its children are the first generation not expected to live as long as their parents.
