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24 November 2011

SUPERSIZE VS SUPERSKINNY ‘EXPANDS’ FOR A FIFTH SERIES ON CHANNEL 4

Channel 4 features department has ordered Remarkable Television, an Endemol company to produce a fifth run of their hit format, Supersize vs Superskinny.

The 10 x 60 minute magazine show will feature exciting new strands, highlight the nation's dysfunctional relationship with food plus investigate eating disorders, morbid obesity and extreme eating habits.

For the first time ever, all eight Supersizers and Superskinnies will come together to be paired off by Dr Christian, as well as take part in one giant weigh in session.

But before the Supersizers move into the feeding clinic, they'll be flown stateside for a cautionary glimpse into the future as they move in with someone whose life has been wrecked by overeating.

They will live and breathe the absolute extremities of morbid obesity and discover just how hard it can get living with a body that has spun totally out of control.

During their stay, the Supersizers will be visited by Dr Jessen to see what they have learned from their American host before he offers them both invaluable advice and life-saving tips to beat the bulge.

Returning to the UK, Super-size and Super-skinny will be reunited at the feeding clinic. Here, they will be forced to confront their unhealthy relationship with food in a 2-day meal swap.

Dr Christian will illustrate the appalling effects the swapper's favourite foods have on the body in ‘Recipe for Disaster'. At the end of the swap, they'll receive a tailor made healthy eating plan to follow over the next three months.

The city of Evansville, Indiana has recently been polled as the most obese nation in the America with 38% of its populations having a BMI of 30 or more (Gallup poll). In a brand new strand, the ‘Fattest City in the USA' Dr Jessen investigates why obesity has become such an epidemic for its residents.

Plus, the new series will examine the impact Eating Disorders have on the lives of eight people battling with their condition. These powerful films will explore the causes and symptoms and reveal the impact Eating Disorders have on family and friends.

Colette Foster, Managing Director of Remarkable Television comments, "As obesity rates continue to rise in Britain, the new series of Supersize vs Superskinny will hit the front line to reveal just how bad things are. The new series will be more shocking and powerful then ever, with compelling new strands to satisfy viewers' enormous appetites to be informed and entertained."

Supersize vs Superskinny has been sold by Endemol Worldwide Distribution to over 30 countries making it one of Endemol's most popular distributed finished formats.

Supersize vs Superskinny was commissioned by Katie Boyd and will be executive produced by Oliver Wright. The series is produced by Ceri Jones at Remarkable Television.