Embarrassing Fat Bodies

Series 1 Episode 1
First Broadcast: 9PM Mon 6 June 2011

In the first of the series, the doctors see some jaw-dropping sights, including Glenn, whose stomach oedema literally touches the floor, and successful slimmer Julia, whose new slim frame is draped in excess skin.

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