Supersize vs Superskinny
tv show
56 total episodes
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6 seasons
First Aired January 22, 2008
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Overview
Supersize vs Superskinny is a British television programme on Channel 4 that features information about dieting and extreme eating lifestyles. One of the main show features is a weekly comparison between an overweight person, and an underweight person. The two are brought to a feeding clinic, and live together for five days, swapping diets all supervised by Dr Christian Jessen. The show also featured Anna Richardson in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd series, who examined new methods to lose weight by trying diets she finds on the Internet, some of which have shocking side effects. For example, Anna attempted Laser lipolysis, which went drastically wrong and resulted in severe bruising. Also, she discovered Diabulimia and spoke to Isabelle Caro, a French actress, renowned for her underweight figure and anorexia campaign. During the first series in 2008, one feature involved Gillian McKeith, who tried to find a way to "ban big bums" in the UK. She tested out different exercises to tone the buttocks of different groups of ladies, and made a leader board for the most effective.
Martin and Christine
Season 2 - Episode 4 - 1h 0m
Air Date
February 10, 2009
Overview
Swapping diets are 18-year-old superskinny Georgetta, who under-eats to look good but at a cost to her model looks. She will be paired with 28-stone supersizer Ameer, who is determined to lose weight so he can find a girlfriend. Anna Richardson's Flab Fighters are four weeks into their battle of the bulge, and this epsiode embark on a calorie-burning rowing trip. But will they choose to have their cake and eat it? There's also an update on the progress of four young women suffering from anorexia nervosa, where a shopping trip reveals the devastating physical affects of their body dysmorphia. Dietician Ursula Philpot then confronts the four young women's food anxieties by getting them to eat a highly calorific sandwich.