key_stages: Key Stage 4 (Age 14-16)

Nutritional Nigel

Dietician, Nigel Denby, gives advice on what we should be eating, and explains how easy it is to change dietary habits for the better.

Nutritional Nigel

Video length - 03.53

Diets Don’t Work – Do They?

Serial dieters and professional dieticians give their views on the efficacy of various diets. Experts argue that losing weight sucessfully requires an all-round healthier approach to day-to-day living.

Diets Don’t Work – Do They?

Video length - 02.39

Food Fads

Food Fads and crazy diets have become very popular over the last century. Here we investigate a number of different diets, including the famous Atkins diet, to see what effects food faddism can have on our bodies.

Food Fads

Video length - 05.12

Keystage(s) - 4

Big to Buff

Jonathan, a young adult body-builder, looks back through a difficult childhood tarred by obesity and the challenges it brought; and explains why he suddenly decided he needed to take control of his weight and his life.

Big to Buff

Video length - 02.30

Being Big

Sasha Cherry talks about what it was like to be overweight as a young person and why she began her diet.

Being Big

Video length - 02.37

Who’s To Blame?

Who do members of the public hold responsible for childhood obesity?

Who’s To Blame?

Video length - 02.05

Dr Burnett On Obesity

Dr Sarah Burnett examines the causes and consequences of obesity in today’s society.

Dr Burnett On Obesity

Video length - 02.30

Dr Burnett On Different Body Shapes

Dr Sarah Burnett demonstrates how different body shapes require different measurements to be applied to them in order to understand whether or not they can be considered healthy.

Dr Burnett On Different Body Shapes

Video length - 3.08