Plot: People are not the only ones struggling with obesity in the U.S. The growing epidemic also affects animals -- more than 50 percent of cats and dogs in this country are either overweight or obese. Raising awareness of the problem is animal trainer Travis Brorsen, who begins a four-month weight-loss...
Plot: `Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year' is a series documenting the annual PDSA's Pet Fit Club competition. The event follows overweight dogs, cats and rabbits over the course of six months as owners help their pets lose those extra pounds. Taking on the challenge is eight-stone boxer Bruce, giant rabbit Snowball...
Plot: Nine people who live with obesity, or who choose to call themselves fat, move in together to explore what it means to be larger bodied in Britain today. For nine days they confront each other with their own truth about being big.
Plot: Obesity is a bigger issue than it has been in the past, due in part to the proliferation of fast food options available. In an attempt to get the bottom of the obesity problem, journalist Jacques Peretti investigates how the concept of super-sizing changed people's eating habits going forward. He talks...
Plot: Saying goodbye - or auf wiedersehen - to one's pet is never an easy decision to make. But it is sometimes the only choice that a pet owner has. This programme takes a look at what happens when people must give up their beloved animals for reasons ranging from moving abroad to medical difficulties that...
Plot: Battling weight issues is something that many people deal with on a daily basis, including teenagers. This reality show follows a group of overweight teens at Wellspring Academy, a North Carolina boarding school that helps teens lose weight. The teens featured on "Too Fat for 15" are trying to shed...
Plot: Miriam Margolyes loves her life but loathes her body. Given the choice, she'd happily swap it for Claudia Winkleman's, but she knows that's never going to happen. In her words Miriam's been fat ever since she can remember, it's overshadowed her life. Now aged 78, she knows time to do something about...