Bingeing Britain

bingeing britain: diet doctors special (W/T) (1/6)

Over 60 per cent of people in the UK are either overweight or obese, with many of us bingeeating ourselves into early graves. In this brand new series, six super-fit athletes have volunteered to become human lab rats for two weeks in order to illustrate what effect the nation’s favourite food is having on our bodies. The opening episode sees former showjumper Oliver Skeete tackle a huge quantity of his least-favourite dairy product.

Over 14 days, the intrepid participants will incorporate some popular, though not necessarily healthy, foodstuffs into their diets, while their exercise regimes will be restricted to the national average of just 5,000 steps a day. At the beginning of the project, the athletes will have their vital signs and statistics measured by professionals to demonstrate that they are at the peak of physical fitness. Then, after a fortnight spent gorging on the likes of chips, burgers, pizzas, kebabs and fizzy drinks, the athletes will be assessed once more to see how their bodies have changed.