The Men Who Made Us Fat

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Tonight sees the last episode of what has so far been a fantastic little series about how those responsible for changing our eating habits has influenced the way we see and eat food and how this in turn brought about the rise in obesity levels - BBC Two and BBC HD from 9pm, if anyone is interested.

EDIT: Due to the extended Wimbledon coverage, the third and final episode of The Men Who Made Us Fat has been rescheduled for Thursday 12th July at 9pm.

Links to the previous two episodes below:

Episode 1 focuses on the impact that high-fructose corn syrup had on the food industry and the knock-on effects for the consumer.

Episode 2 deals with how food manufacturers used advertising campaigns to promote the idea of snacking between meals, looks at the ever-increasing size of meals and portion sizes and charts the rise of fast food in the UK.

And Episode 3 will deal with the assumptions we make about what is and isn't 'healthy food' and looks at some of the marketing strategies used by mainstream food producers to keep our custom. Also seems to be some stuff in there about the recent impact of various health campaigns - 'traffic light' labelling and so forth.

Admittedly the series hasn't been without its flaws, but it's well-researched and Jacques Peretti is a very watchable screen presence.
 
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About to watch the third episode now. Missed the first unfortunately.

From what I understand from stuff I've read recently, the gist of the overweight/obesity thing is too much sugar (whether Fructose, Glucose or Sucrose) plus too much saturated, fat equals health issues. Sat fat itself isn't actually a major issue, the body is well able to cope with it (Apparently you basically just poop it out. Horrible sticky, grey poo). Fructose (from HFCS) is the big danger, but our diets being full of refined carbs isn't a great thing either. Most of us eat way too much rice, bread, pasta and confectionary and not enough veg.
 
Personal choice made people fat. No matter how much money companys pay in advertising, its up to the individual to decide on their own diet.
 
Watched both, main reason for people being obese now is lack of morals and traditional values and rise in cheap mass food.

Did you see the size of those cups you could buy in USA, literally like walking into shop over here and just drinking a 2 ltr bottle of coke. I remember Energy drinks never existed apart from original Locozade, would always have this when ill or take it to someone in hospital, now you have all sorts, those Monster cans that are 500ml, why is there a need for them, I see 18 year olds drinking them for fun.

A McDonalds once a week is fine, a couple of cans a pop a week are fine.

Everyting in moderation, from drugs to fast food.
 
Calabi said:
I cant find it either, perhaps the food companies have forced it to be removed.
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seems like it, bbc website doesn't even have a first broadcast date on it :confused:

best of it is they just link anything connected with ep3 to ep 2 :(.

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just caught mention on bbc webby that ep3 was not shown, but was replaced by sport on the 28th when it should have been transmitted.

from someone who lists themselves Researcher/BBC TV blog:

The Men Who Made Us Fat has been rescheduled for Thursday, 12 July at 9pm on BBC Two.
 
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mp260767 said:
anyone got a link to ep 3, tried the one in the OP and it comes up as ep 2, tried a search on iplayer but nothing came up.
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Calabi said:
I cant find it either, perhaps the food companies have forced it to be removed.
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Sorry about that, not sure what's happened there.

I could have sworn I used the correct URL for Episode 3 on iPlayer, but it takes you to Episode 2 instead.

I guess Auntie have taken it down until the show is actually aired on the 12th of July.
 
Okay, just a reminder for those interested that we're finally going to get the chance to see Episode 3 tonight at 9pm.

The iPlayer links from my OP have now expired, so I've changed them for YouTube links to the first two episodes. I'll try and remember to do the same or similar for Episode 3 when I get the chance.
 
I found eps 1 and 2 quite interesting. Some of the history was news to me and the nutritional information confirmed what I thought I knew/suspected.

Now I just need to make some of my friends with slightly incorrect assumptions about health dietary intake watch these.
 
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