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  • 50 of 50 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Calypte

    Member since 01/08/2001

    Reviews written: 139

    3 Stars Feeding the enemy 05/04/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages a novel idea, and the focus being more on the underweight side

    Disadvantages Disadvantages repetitive, any segment featuring Gillian McKeith!

    There's no shortage of programs on TV about food, eating and weight, but this latest offering from Channel 4 had a bit of a spin: while the issue of obesity is tackled, the real focus is on being seriously underweight - which seems quite novel, to me! The idea is simple: take one seriously underweight person and put them in a house with a seriously overweight person, where they then swap plates at mealtimes (and snack times, and...!). It's not a bad idea - sorts two problems at once, for a start! - making the participants look at their diet in comparison with a very real opposite example ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 jesperado77

    Member since 25/02/2009

    Reviews written: 82

    4 Stars Supersize vs Superskinny - an interesting diet swap show 30/03/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A fresh look at diets showing that any extreme diet is bad for you

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Really quite gross in parts!

    This is a Channel 4 show in which two people with disordered attitudes towards food swap diets for a short period. The most recent episode saw two nurses swap diets. Gillian is a working mum who is around 2 stone underweight at only 6 and a half stone. Phillipa is the opposite, severely overweight at 26 stone. The programme is split between this story, fronted by Dr Christian Jessen and a presenter in LA looking at cosmetic surgery and the lengths people will go to for the 'perfect' body. I was impressed with the programme as it didn't have the exploitative tone of some shows like this. It ... more
  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 LaceyR26

    Member since 03/04/2009

    Reviews written: 324

    5 Stars Just...Super 11/03/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Looks at extreme diets and the effects it has on us

    Disadvantages Disadvantages n/a

    Supersize v Superskinny is a Channel 4 Documentary that brings one overweight person and one underweight person together in a diet swap. The pair live in the 'feeding clint' and have to eat exactly what their opposite eats in a typical day/ night/ early hours (in the case of the 'Supersizers'). I find it fascinating. Not only does it aim to teach a valuable lesson to both contestants as each learn that they can eat more/less, the documentary also touches on the ever growing issues of obesity and eating disorders. The first 3 series follow a group of anorexics and with the help of Ursula ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 katykicker

    Member since 11/12/2005

    Reviews written: 1375

    5 Stars Do you feel supersize or superskinny inside? 16/05/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A great show, highlights the dangers of under and over eating.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Seeing all that food in the tube might just put you off your dinner!

    Supersize Vs Superskinny is an hour long programme which is currently being shown on channel 4 on Tuesdays at 8:00 - 9:00PM. The concept of the show is to take somebody who is dangerously underweight and somebody who is dangerously overweight. They are then put in to the feeding clinic for 5 days and will eat each others meals to grasp a concept of how what they are currently eating is very unhealthy for them. During the show the underweight person will be shown the damage that is being done to their body by under eating such as hair loss, malnutrition, skin damage, loss of periods etc and ... more
  • 15 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 mariofan123

    Member since 07/11/2008

    Reviews written: 129

    5 Stars Which one are YOU! 21/03/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages I weirdly like it, gives out a good message!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Maybe the section mentioned in the review towards the end.

    This programme follows two different people with completely different diets. One is obese and the other is really skinny probably anorexic. The show tries to show us that both are just as bad as the other. They get weighed and measured at the start of the programme and then are shown the results. They are then shown the amount of food they both eat in a week, where both are shocked at how much and how little the other eats. I find this bit quite shocking and so do the people on the show! After this they both have to swap diets with each other! So the obese person is eating hardly anything at ... more
  • 0 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Helen-Mary

    4 Stars Current but controversial 04/08/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Addresses current weight issues

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Candidates exchange one unhealthy diet for another

    I quite enjoy this programme. It does use shock tactics - comparing one super skinny (verging on anorexic) with one grossly overweight...not unlike the format for 'Wife Swap' et al - comparing one extreme lifestyle with another, or 'Big Brother,' where opposite personalities are introduced into the household - to boost ratings?! A companionable bond of sympathy often emerges between the two contrasting candidates and coming face to face with the consequences of their eating habits can encourage them to change. I also like the way that during the show they tackle over weight related issues, for ... more
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