Obese: A Year to Save My Life (2012)

Directed by

Luke Campbell

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

Nine morbidly obese people in the UK try to lose weight over a year with help from American fitness expert Jessie Pavelka. The show follows their struggles and small victories as they work toward better health.

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What happens

Obese: A Year to Save My Life is a British documentary, reality, weight loss show that was broadcast on Sky1 from 2 January to 27 February 2012, produced, directed and filmed by Luke Campbell and Adam Kaleta. Nine episodes were originally created for the first series, which starred American fitness expert Jessie Pavelka. Pavelka helped nine morbidly obese British men and women help battle against their weight over the length of a year. The program finished after one series but was renamed and brought back in 2013 as Fat: The Fight of My Life which ran for another 10 episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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