Why Are Thin People Not Fat?

Synopsis: The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? A group of medical students agree to eat double their normal intake of calories for four weeks. Swedish scientist Fredrik Nystrom tries to find out what’'s happening to the extra calories they’'re taking on board. Meanwhile Dr Carel le Roux explodes some of the common misconceptions about weight. Is it all about self-control and exercise? Or do we have a natural weight which our bodies strive to maintain despite our fluctuating levels of calorie intake and exercise? Busting myths and exposing facts Horizon goes in search of what makes one person fat and another thin.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2009
Notes: Broadcast on BBC on 26/1/2009
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: diet; metabolism; obesity; physiology - human

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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