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Plus size models<\/a> proud of their curves is one thing, but the shocking reality of what it\u2019s like to live at an extreme bodyweight is quite another.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are almost a million morbidly obese people in England alone, more than double the number since the year 2000, and by the end of this decade it\u2019s predicted that more than a third of us will be obese.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re one of those \u2018proud to be big\u2019, having a re-think about the health implications of being overweight and the dangers of how curvaceous\u00a0can quickly spiral into to obesity might be smart move. And if there\u2019s one thing that makes us think twice about obesity, it\u2019s being let into the largely secret lives of those who have hit those shocking extremes.<\/p>\n

New 6 part series Big Body Squad, set to air on Channel 5,\u00a0explores what it\u2019s like to be so large you can\u2019t tackle even the simplest of life tasks alone, and follows those responsible for some of the more awkward and sensitive jobs \u2013 such as bed bathing a person who weighs 50 or 60 stone.<\/p>\n

One episode follows the story of Keith, who, at almost 60 stone, hasn\u2019t left his house for 10 years except to go to hospital. With 8 men and an extra large stretcher needed to get him back into his house, it\u2019s a job only a specialist team can tackle. But Keith is getting bigger, heavier, and wider and the doorways in the house are getting tighter. Getting stuck is painful and distressing, but increasingly it\u2019s the reality for a man of his size.<\/p>\n

We meet the specialised supersize ambulance team working to service Keith and the rest of Britain\u2019s \u2018Big Society\u2019 and who deal with all the associated complications and risks that come with mobilising an obese nation.<\/p>\n

Greg Barnett, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, Daytime & Soaps, said of the show: \u201cThis is a very thought provoking series that presents hard facts and unearths some interesting findings. Obesity is on the increase in Britain and somebody has got to take the strain. Physically and financially.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elspeth O’Hare, Executive Producer, IWC Media, added: \u201cWe have been given amazing access to what is mainly a hidden world. \u00a0It has allowed us to see the shocking reality of what it\u2019s like to live at these extremes of bodyweight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team at Talent Management<\/a> for one will be watching intently as the debate on weight in the modelling industry is ever more prevalent. The line between a model being a healthy plus size and being at an unhealthy weight is extremely fine, and often leads to the controversial question \u2013 does being fat and proud negatively influence the young and impressionable into thinking it\u2019s ok to be overweight?<\/p>\n

Perhaps when curves turn to obesity, fat needs to stop being an issue of vanity and start being an issue of health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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