Slimming at any price: an investigation into the slimmer’s market | TF1 | Le Droit de savoir

The French are at war with their kilos! 30% of them are truly overweight and yet 70% of them admit that they are worried about their figures.Draconian diets, illegal medicines or fasting for weeks, the obsession with slimming is now gripping everybody: women, men, but teenagers as well, sometimes children even. They are ready to commit any folly?despite the warnings of death?to lose their saddlebags or their love handles.Should you go without eating in order to keep your figure? Should you starve yourself to have a dream body? Who benefits from the bulges to make a bulging purse? What are the real dangers of these magic formulas? An investigation into the slimmer’s market.