Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Can fat five dia-beat it?
THE FAST FIX: DIABETES ITV, 9pm
FIVE human guinea pigs have accepted an invitation to Britain’s first fast fix clinic, hoping to reverse their diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes.
The nation is in the grip of a £10billion health crisis, with this avoidable disorder helping bringing the NHS to its knees – but it can all be changed by ditching bad habits.
A bit like a fat farm reality show, but with a serious message, this sees the patients take on a radical liquid diet of just 800 calories a day for four weeks.
It’s all monitored by GP and obesity expert Dr Zoe Williams and Professor Jason Gill, a researcher into how diet and exercise can prevent diabetes.
Anita Rani hosts as the five dieters nervously check in to the clinic and are weighed.
Steve, 55, at 12st 9lbs is told he has a double risk of heart attack in the next 10 years. “I still haven’t got my head around the seriousness of it,” he says.
Meanwhile, Tracey, 48 and 15st 3lbs, is a self-confessed comfort eater.
Jeana, 29, is 14st 6lbs and horrified by the results, while Dan, 41 and 14st 4lbs decides: “I need to use that worry to motivate change. Don’t just worry and eat cake.”
Weighing in as the heaviest patient is Luke, 32. At 20st 3lbs, he is in the ‘critical zone’.
He says: “I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was partial to a burger. I’m like a trash can. I’ll eat anything and everything.”
Can they ‘fast themselves better’?