30 Minutes

The Fat Pushers (1x1)

Air date: May 01, 2004

New series of current affairs reports, beginning with an investigation into food companies which target children in their advertising campaigns, and have started approaching cash-strapped head teachers with lucrative sponsorship deals. Nick Cohen reveals that by the year 2020, one child in three will be clinically obese, putting an intolerable strain on the NHS. He assesses how a lack of Government intervention and regulation today could lead to a health crisis in the near future as serious as smoking.