You Are What You Eat (UK TV show)

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You Are What You Eat
Genre	Health and dieting
Starring	Gillian McKeith
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	30 min per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel 4
Original run	29 June 2004 –
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You Are What You Eat is a dieting programme aired on British broadcasting company Channel 4, and it is presented by Gillian McKeith. The fourth series is called Gillian Moves In: You Are What You Eat.

1 Methods
2 Spin-off series
3 Controversy
4 Michelle McManus
5 Books
6 External links

[edit] Methods

The show often uses shock tactics to get the participants to lose weight. In each episode all food eaten in one week by the person(s) taking part is placed on a table to highlight problem areas of their diet. Another technique is the analysis of the participant's faeces by McKeith to detect certain problems and make them known to the person involved.

[edit] Spin-off series

Localized versions of You Are What You Eat were produced by Viasat and aired in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Czech Republic. Viasat was the first company in the world to adapt the format locally. MTV3 also produced a spin-off in Finland.

[edit] Controversy

It emerged in December 2005 that Gillian McKeith, who regularly refers to herself as a Doctor, has no accredited doctorate. McKeith received her PhD via a distance learning programme from the American Holistic College of Nutrition, Alabama — now the Clayton College of Natural Health.[1] The Clayton College of Natural Health states that it is "accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board[2]". However, this accreditation is not recognised by the U.S. Secretary of Education.[3]

McKeith is also a member of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants, a controversial organisation which seeks to enhance the reputation of Nutritional and Dietary Consultants by consolidating them into a professional organisation. It offers examination and certification, or association membership which does not require an examination but requires the payment of the membership fee. To highlight his concerns, science writer Dr. Ben Goldacre purchased "certified professional membership" on behalf of his late cat, Henrietta, from the same institution, for $60.^[1]