The Obesity Myth

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The Obesity Myth
Narrated byTara Morice
ComposerJulian Langdon
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Rick McPhee
  • Michael Cordell
Producers
  • Esther Coleman-Hawkins
  • Tamara Bodenham
  • Shaun McAlpine
Cinematography
  • Bruce Permezel
  • Joanne Donahue-Beckwith
Editors
  • Alex Archer
  • Katie Flaxman
  • Wayne Hyett
  • Zac Grant (additional)
  • Lillian Brown (assist)
  • Ash Watson (online)
Running time60 minutes
Production companyCJZ
Release
Original networkSBS
Original release4 September 2017 (2017-09-04)

The Obesity Myth is a three-part Australian television documentary series, broadcast by SBS.

The documentary follows the lives of morbidly obese patients at Melbourne's Austin Health as they go through a weight loss program. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "CJZ: The Obesity Myth" . Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. "SBS" . Retrieved 14 December 2017.