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Slimming Groups and Eating Disorders

Josephine Casserly investigates whether weight loss organisation Slimming World is triggering and exacerbating eating disorders among some of its members.

Slimming World is the leading diet organisation in the UK. It has 700,000 members and, at a time when obesity is spiralling in the UK, it has helped millions lose weight. It has contracts with the NHS and local government. If you meet the criteria, your doctor can sign you up for free. But could the Slimming World diet be encouraging disordered eating by some members?

File on 4 hears from people who believe that Slimming World has seriously damaged their health and destroyed their relationship with food.

Reporter: Josephine Casserly
Producer: Immy Rhodes
Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
Production Coordinator: Tim Fernley
Editor: Carl Johnston

Image Credit: Kseniya Ovchinnikova\Getty

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