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Examination of the weight-loss industry. Jacques Peretti asks why the world's population continues to get fatter, despite the billions that are spent on weight loss every year.

In the final instalment of this three-part series, Jacques Peretti asks why the world's population continues to get fatter, despite the fact that billions are spent on weight loss every year. He travels to America to investigate the parallels between food companies and the tobacco industry and meets the activists battling to introduce laws to tax fatty and sugary foods - and facing fierce resistance from industry.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 May 2016 21:10GMT

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Role Contributor
Presenter Jacques Peretti
Writer Jacques Peretti
Series Producer Mike Radford
Executive Producer David Wise
Producer Mike Radford
Director Mike Radford

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