简介：JacquesPerettiinvestigatestheconnectionsbetweenobesityandweightloss,confrontingsomeofthemenmakingafortunefromourdesiretobecomethin http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/posts/The-Men-Who-Made-Us-Thin MakingTheMenWhoMadeUsThinforBBCTwohasprofoundlychangedhowIviewmybody. IvisitedBrazilwheregastricsurgeryisahugeindustry.Watchingagastricbypassintheoperatingsuiteissomewhatequivalenttothoseanti-smokingadsofthe70sand80swhenschoolkidswereshowntheamountoftarintheirlungs. Ifyouwantedanadtoputyouoffhighlycalorificprocessedfoodthenitshouldshowthefataroundyourvitalorgans.It'srevoltingandchangedmyattitudetobeingoverweight. Ofcourseifyou'remorbidlyobesethereareserioushealthconsequences,butformostofuswhostruggletoloseafewextrapoundsthelessonItookfrommakingthisprogrammewastostopfocusingontheweightandinsteadonbeingfitandhappy. Encouragingteenagerstobeskinny?JacquesmeetsdietguruVeniceAFulton Inmyexperiencepeoplewanttobethinpartlyforculturalreasons-tofitintothedesirablenorm. Buttheseculturalreasonsalsostarttobecomebiologicalreasonsovertime-whenbeingthinbecomesequatedwithbeingmoreattractive,andthismeansattractingamate,thisbecomesabiologicalimperative. Onereinforcestheother-it'saviciouscircle. Lookingbacktothepostwarperiod,beforeweevenhadanindustrialiseddietindustryassuch,oneAmericaninsurancecompanyreclassifiedthebodymassindex(BMI)scale. ThedecisionlabelledatleasthalftheUSpopulationasoverweightwhentheyhadpreviouslybeencategorisedasnormal. Arguablythistriggeredasenseofpanicaboutweightwhichstayswithustothisday. Theseriesalsomademerealisehowtheoverweightaredoublydiscriminatedagainst. Firsttheyareshamedbysociety,thentheyaretoldthatwhentheydon'tloseweightlongtermthroughcommercialdietprogrammesthatitistheirfault. Itwasinterestingmeetingthepeoplewhohadcreatedthedietsworthliterallybillions-DannyAbrahamwithSlim-FastandPierreDukanandlearningaboutJeanNidetchofWeightWatchers-whattheyallshareishugecharisma. Thisiswhytheybecomegurus-peoplewanttobelieveinsomeonewhosays:trustme,Iwillhelpyouloseweight. Ispoketoalotofscientistsforthisseriesanddiscoveredthataround85%ofpeopleputtheweightbackonafterfiveyears. PersonallyIthinkpeopleshouldstopworryingabouttheirweightandfocusonbeinghealthyandhappy,atanysize. ExerciseisoftenseenasanimportanttoolofweightlossbutIwasreallyinterestedtospeaktoDrTerryWilkinwhoisconductingalong-termstudyatPlymouthHospital. Heexplainedtomethat75%ofthecaloriesweuseweburnjustbystayingstill.Thesecaloriesfuelthemetabolicprocesseswhichkeepourbodiesfunctioning. Atriptobootcampprovesthatyoucanbefitandfat,butcanJacqueshacktheworkouthimself? Sonomatterhowmuchyouexerciseyourcalorieburningeffectsarelimitedbyyourmetabolism. Thereforealthoughexerciseisfantasticforgettingfitit’snotnecessarilygreatforlosingweight. Peoplewhosaytheyloseweightthroughexercisehaveactuallydonesobecausetheyalreadyhavetherightmentalattitudetowardsit. Thepsychologicalbattlehasalreadybeenwonbeforetheyputonthoserunningshoes. Butexerciseisundoubtedlygoodforyou.Fitpeoplelivelonger.Thinpeoplehoweverdonotnecessarilylivelonger. Beingunderweightcanbeasseriousahealthissueasbeingobese.Beingoverlythin-askanyrecoveringanorexic-isnotagoodplacetobe. IntheprogrammeIattendedabootcampwithtwoobesewomen-bothnamedKatie-whoprovedtheywerefarfitterthanmeinspiteoftheirweight. Beingbeatenwasareallesson-itprovedthatbeingfitismoreimportantthanwhatsizeyouare.Andlosingsoeasilywasevenmorehumiliatingthanhavingtowearthebootcamp'spinkT-shirt! BothKatieshadfoundthatbyfocusingonfitnessratherthanweightlosstheyhadlostweightasaby-product. Theyhadbeguntoeatmorehealthilybutwithfitnessalwaysthegoal,weightlosshadhappenedanyway:verysmallchangesonadailybasismakeahugedifference. ButthekeyadvicewhichIpickedupagainandagainthroughoutthemakingofthisserieswasthatit’simportanttochangeyourmentalattitude. Thekeyseemedtobenottofocusontheweightbutongettingfitandwhateveryoudo,don'tcrashdietorgoonafaddiet. JacquesPerettiisthepresenterofTheMenWhoMadeUsThin. TheMenWhoMadeUsThinstartsonThursday,8Augustat9pmonBBCTwoandBBCTwoHD.Forfurtherprogrammetimespleaseseetheepisodeguide. CommentsmadebywritersontheBBCTVblogaretheirownopinionsandnotnecessarilythoseoftheBBC.…