Europeans are eating too much fat, too much sugar, too much everything. The consequences are uncertain, but certainly threatening. Obesity and being overweight are no longer the problem of a few individuals, but Europe’s most underestimated epidemic. Children and young people are the worst affected; this TV documentary portrays four young Europeans who have been battling against the kilograms for years. How did this gross obesity come about in the first place? How do these young people cope psychologically? And how do they see the future – weightwise?
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