Fat Fighter!

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on his mission to tackle Britons' expanding waistlines…

- Rebecca Fletcher

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Britain’s Fat Fight WED / BBC1 / 9PM (TIMES VARY)

Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall is in no mood to sugarcoat the UK’s obesity crisis. Two thirds of us are already overweight or obese, making Britain the most obese country in Western Europe. And if we carry on like this, more than 50 per cent of us will be obese by 2050.

‘They’re pretty grim statistics, aren’t they?’ sighs Hugh, 53, as he chats to TV Times. ‘Our poor diet is proving a massive burden on the nation – not only is it slowly killing us, it’s also crippling the NHS. But food can be a good thing and not a cause of illness. Yet a lot must change to bring that about, and we need to start now.’