What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special
The volunteers are put through a series of tests at a residential clinic to understand how their genes, hormones and psychology influence their eating behaviour. They are then put on the diets the experts believe are best suited to them. Can science succeed where other diets have failed?
Dr Chris van Tulleken and Prof Tanya Byron team up with scientists from Oxford and Cambridge universities to see if they can help 75 overweight members of the public win their battle with weight loss. Each dieter undergoes a series of scientific tests to find out the main reason for why they put on weight. The constant cravers have genes that mean they feel hungry all the time, the feasters have a misfiring gut hormone that stops them from knowing when they’re feeling full. The final group, the emotional eaters, eat in response to stress. Each group is put on a specific diet that is tailored to counteract the main reason they put on weight. Will this new approach to dieting be more effective?
Primary Title
- What's The Right Diet For You?
Secondary Title
- A Horizon Special
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 6 September 2015
Start Time
- 12 : 35
Finish Time
- 13 : 30
Duration
- 55:00
Episode
- 1
Channel
- BBC Knowledge
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- Dr Chris van Tulleken and Prof Tanya Byron team up with scientists from Oxford and Cambridge universities to see if they can help 75 overweight members of the public win their battle with weight loss. Each dieter undergoes a series of scientific tests to find out the main reason for why they put on weight. The constant cravers have genes that mean they feel hungry all the time, the feasters have a misfiring gut hormone that stops them from knowing when they’re feeling full. The final group, the emotional eaters, eat in response to stress. Each group is put on a specific diet that is tailored to counteract the main reason they put on weight. Will this new approach to dieting be more effective?
Episode Description
- The volunteers are put through a series of tests at a residential clinic to understand how their genes, hormones and psychology influence their eating behaviour. They are then put on the diets the experts believe are best suited to them. Can science succeed where other diets have failed?
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Diet therapy
- Nutrition
Genres
- Documentary
- Health
- Medical
- Science
Hosts
- Chris van Tulleken (Host)
- Tanya Byron (Host)
Contributors
- Susan Jebb (Researcher)
- Paul Aveyard (Researcher)
- Giles Yeo (Researcher)
- Fiona Gribble (Researcher)
- Jason Gill (Researcher)
- Hisham Ziauddeen (Researcher)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Diet therapy
- Nutrition