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BRITAIN’S FAT FIGHT WITH HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, 9PM, BBC1

WITH two thirds of Britain now overweight, the cost of treating obesity is crippling the NHS, and we are well on the way to being Europe’s fattest country. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (pictured) thinks it’s time to take the bull by the horns and do something about this national health crisis. In this illuminating new series, he confronts food companies, retailers and government about honesty and policy, exposing how consumers are being misled by packaging and portion sizes and bombarded with junk-food advertising. Meanwhile, he challenges the people of Newcastle to collectively lose 100,000lb over the course of a year.