- Title: America's Fattest City
- Date: 4th January 2004
- Summary: Another chance to see this documentary which was originally shown as part of a Channel 4 season of programmes on Texas. Everything's bigger in Texas, including the people. Obesity has become public enemy number one, and for the last three years on the trot, Houston has been named and shamed as America's Fattest city - an incredible two thirds of the city's population are overweight and a third are obese. So just how have these larger-than-life Texans ended up so big, and what is it about Texas that produces the fattest people in the fattest country in the world? America's Fattest City meets some larger-than-life locals to find out.
- Description:SEE RECORD 127393 FOR SHOTLIST America's Fattest City Everything is bigger in Texas,including the people. Obesity has become public enemy number one,and for the last three years on the trot,Houston has been named and shamed as America's Fattest city - an incredible two thirds of the city's population are overweight and a third are obese. So just how have these larger-than-life Texans ended up so big,and what is it about Texas that produces the fattest people in the fattest country in the world? This program meets some larger-than-life locals to find out. Narrator: John Thomson Director: Mark Jones
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Granada Television Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:04/01/2004
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s