Saw an ad for a new show starting 'sometime soon' 'Can Fat Teens Hunt?' on BBC Three.
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In a return of the radical TV trial, Can Fat Teens Hunt? sees 10 dangerously overweight teenagers embark on a journey that could save their health. In an attempt to turn their backs on their potentially fatal eating habits, they will spend one month with the Iban tribe, former headhunters, living deep in the harsh and remote jungles of Borneo, South East Asia.
The teens will have to become hunter-gatherers. They will live the life of their hosts, abiding by the Iban's strict social rules and customs, and exist on a natural, unprocessed diet. If they want to eat, they must first pick, dig, trap, kill and cook their food. Can Fat Teens Hunt? offers a chance for the obese teens to change their lives and to understand and conquer their life-threatening relationship with food.
To survive, the five boys and five girls will have to stomach the Iban's traditional diet which is like nothing they've ever eaten before. Delicacies include fat sago worms, freshly caught frogs and large river snails a menu far away from pizzas, hamburgers, crisps and chocolate. They will have to slaughter chickens, gather jungle ferns, trap fish and hunt wild boar. To eat will mean back-breaking work from dawn to dusk. Regaining the essential evolutionary link between food and effort will be a life-changing experience.
Throughout the experience, the TV dinner diners will be closely monitored by a team of Iban mentors as well as by qualified nutritionist Alice Sykes and a team of doctors. Together, these advisors will provide a daily clinic and professional insight into their progress.