25. She tested out different exercises to tone the buttocks of different groups of ladies, and made a leader board for the most effective.

The tube contained what each person ate and drank in the span of one week. The second, third and fourth series also introduced a section whereby a group of people recovering from eating disorders (the second and third series featured people exclusively suffering from anorexia nervosa, while the fourth included a mixture of eating disorders) were overwatched by a specialist psychiatrist and dietician Ursula Philpot who co-presented Supersize vs Superskinny and who worked to challenge their issues with food.

In the second series, Anna recruited a group of "flab-fighters" - women who wanted to lose weight and whose weight was tracked weekly - and she visited Los Angeles to discover ways A-listers would lose weight. Recipe for disaster.

Press J to jump to the feed. She’s not nearly as big (400 pounds) but it’s still interesting!

In 2011, a 4-episode children's version titled Supersize vs Superskinny Kids was produced and aired between 21 and 25 March 2011. The same series also saw a group of four anorexic women attempt to overcome their eating disorder through eating and preparing foods they would usually avoid with the help of a leading eating disorder specialist.

In later series, formerly anorexic journalist Emma Wolf interviewed a number of people who had experienced the effects of eating disorders.

Archived. It's meant to shock them into realizing how ridiculous their portion sizes are. Usually Dr Jessen uses shock tactics to demonstrate how poor someone's diet is. Hi guys!

Not sure if this has been posted before but I am currently watching an episode of supersize vs superskinny on YouTube and they take the supersized woman to the states to visit Bettie jo from my 600 pound life to give her a snapshot of what he life could be if she continued gaining. The show ran for seven (!)

My 600-lb Life is the only show that explores what it means to really, truly lose the weight. Supersize vs Superskinny is a British television programme on Channel 4 that features information about dieting and extreme eating lifestyles.One of the main show features is a weekly comparison between an overweight person, and an underweight person.The two are brought to a feeding clinic, and live together for five days (later on two days), swapping diets all supervised by Dr Christian Jessen. I’ll watch it to see Bettie Jo though. Yikes. How did we let shows like Supersize vs Superskinny happen? The "superskinny" would usually be shown pictures of their body and be told about the drastic long-term health effects. By Fionnuala Jones Tuesday 10 Jul 2018, 9:00 PM.

The show also featured Anna Richardson in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd series, who in the first series examined new methods to lose weight by trying diets she found on the Internet, some of which have shocking side effects. It was used as a shock tactic to show the "supersizer" what they could become if they did not stop their unhealthy lifestyles. During the first series in 2008, one feature involved Gillian McKeith, who tried to find a way to "ban big bums" in the UK.

Like, who self-diagnoses with cancer to get out of walking?

The overweight person swaps diets with the underweight person.

I can't remember the others but she's not the only M600PLer who makes an appearance in that show.

There's also appearances from other shows like Kitchen Nightmares. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.

Off Topic. In the second series, the "supersizer" was sent to meet a woman named Lisa, whose obesity had meant that she could no longer care for herself and was receiving an operation because of her weight.