Obesity
Cherry Healey meets young people who are having health problems associated with their weight such as Clair and Tom, and the medical experts who are treating them.
Series in which Cherry Healey investigates the alarming rise in numbers of young people suffering from illnesses associated with older people due to alcohol, drugs and obesity. We all know that drinking, drugs and fast food are bad for you, but these days a life of excess isn't just leaving young people hungover, it's accelerating their age - hit by chronic conditions usually the preserve of pensioners, their young bodies and minds are ready for retirement.
In the final programme, Cherry meets young people who are dangerously obese and the surgeons who are treating them. Clair gained weight through a combination of stress and medication and has now developed a range of obesity-related illnesses like gout, asthma and bad joints and is on more medication than your average OAP. Clair is having gastric bypass surgery, a major and irreversible step as a last ditch resort to control her obesity.
Tom also gained weight through medication and developed non-alcoholic liver disease. To cure his condition, he has been fitted with a gastric balloon to try and shed some of his 22 stone and six months on he has already lost five stone.
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Clair's gastric bypass
Duration: 02:49
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Stooshe
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Never Let Me Go
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Motion Sickness
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Wrecking Ball
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John Newman
Cheating
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Who Are You (feat. Olivier Daysoul)
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Gotye
Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
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Next To Me
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Come & Get It
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Unfold
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I Need Your Love (feat. Ellie Goulding)
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Do You Remember
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Right Place Right Time
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Save Rosemary In Time
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Sexy And I Know It
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AlunaGeorge
Best Be Believing
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The Family Rain
Reason To Die
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Ne-Yo, David Guetta & Akon
Play Hard
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Bastille
Bad Blood
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Eliza Doolittle
Big When I Was Little
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Bombay Bicycle Club
How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Cherry Healey |
Director | Tom Williams |
Executive Producer | Claire Faragher |
Executive Producer | Emma Hindley |
Broadcasts
- Mon 4 Nov 2013 21:00
- Tue 5 Nov 2013 01:00
- Tue 5 Nov 2013 03:00
- Thu 7 Nov 2013 01:40
- Thu 7 Nov 2013 20:00