Supersize Vs Superskinny
TV Show · Reality

In this documentary series, two people suffering from the effects of severe diets are placed in a medically supervised environment and swap diets for five days, after which they follow a healthy eating plan for three months before returning for a final weigh-in and health screening. The program also features Dr Christian Jessen providing the two participants healthy eating tips and journalist Anna Richardson testing the latest fad diets.

2008 · 47m
Starring Christian Jessen, Anna Richardson

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Wafer-thin Jenette Nolan from Lancashire refuses to marry her husband until she can fill her wedding dress but she's got a long way to go. Weighing just 6 stone 8lbs, she's 2 stone underweight. Meanwhile Rosemarie Palmer, who lives on the Isle of Man, is hoping that a week's food swap will kick start her weight-loss plan to get from over 21 stone to a size 14 in time for her wedding this summer.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Superskinny size zero Louise Sapsford, who clocks in at 6 stone 2lb, faces up to supersize 28 stone 13lb Desroy Gordon's torturous diet of non-stop take-aways. Louise comes to terms with the fact that size zero is not a good look and changes her eating habits for good. Stuffing herself with Desroy's gigantic meals teaches Louise she can eat more than the tiny meals she never normally finishes.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Long and lanky, 22-year-old Alex Law from Stockport hits the scales at just ten stone because he barely eats a meal. Tired and exhausted, he lives on a diet of caffeine pills supplemented by stodgy cakes and snacks despite holding down the physically demanding job of a plasterer. His diet swap partner Tracy Morgan from Wales has a mouth that's constantly on the move. Her weight has soared to nearly 20 stone.
    44 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Cutting through the weight debate by examining the minefield of issues around weight, food and body image. Nineteen-year-old Tatiana Moxey is extremely underweight and desperate for people to stop asking her if she's got an eating disorder, and 23-stone jazz singer Sandra Andrew is a late-night food lover. They both take part in an extreme diet swap to fatten up skinny Tatiana and slim down overweight Sandra.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Julie Mead vs Kevin Calladine
    Fussy eaters put up a food fight in the feeding clinic as `Superskinny' Yasmin Smith is forced to swallow a gargantuan diet of snack foods and diet drinks, while `Supersize' Darryl Weston weighing in at over 33 stone suffers on Yasmin's lactose, wheat, sugar and fat-free diet. Dr Christian Jessen referees the match.
    44 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Rosemarie Palmer vs Jenette Nolan
    Amy Jo, a superskinny undereater, spends five days in the `feeding clinic' with 38 1/2-stone Andy. Amy Jo may look perfect on the outside but her extreme exercise regime and diet, which restricts carbs, could lead to her body crumbling inside. Meanwhile, Andy must learn to survive on the limited calorie intake of Amy Jo. The aim is for them both to learn how they are affecting their bodies.
    45 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Christian Jessen
    Actor
  • Anna Richardson
    Actor

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Supersize Vs Superskinny

Reality

In this documentary series, two people suffering from the effects of severe diets are placed in a medically supervised environment and swap diets for five days, after which they follow a healthy eating plan for three months before returning for a final weigh-in and health screening. The program also features Dr Christian Jessen providing the two participants healthy eating tips and journalist Anna Richardson testing the latest fad diets.

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Dkiss
Released
2008

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