[Fat doctor]. Guy Poingdestre / directed by Rebecca Gilhooly.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Tyson, Cathy., Narrator.

Gilhooly, Rebecca., Director, Producer.

Electric Sky (Firm), Producer.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morbid obesity.

Gastric bypass.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 min.).

Place of Publication:

London, England : Electric Sky, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

In this episode we meet Guy Poingdestre, a 52 year-old bus driver whose weight has reached 32 stone. At the moment he can't stop eating Kentucky fried chicken. He says he has a 'psychological compulsion to overeat'. As a result of Guy's weight, he also suffers from sleep apnoea, a condition that stops his breathing when he's asleep. Guy has spent years trying to diet, and has sometimes been successful. He achieved a Weight Watchers plaque when he was 37, for losing 8st -- and managing to get down to 13st. But success with diets has always been short-lived. Will the operation save him?

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 15, 2014).

OCLC:

881549619