| Fat Families | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by | Steve Miller |
| Theme music composer | Lawrence Oakley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Laura Mansfield |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Outline Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky1 |
| Release | 6 January – 30 December 2010 |
Fat Families is a documentary reality show that was broadcast on Sky1 from 6 January to 30 December 2010. Weight loss expert Steve Miller helps overweight families improve their lifestyles and eating habits.
During each programme Steve initially spends 24 hours with the family and discovers what they eat on a normal day. He then spends the rest of the week educating the family about what they can do to help them lose weight. At the end of the week Steve modifies the family home to keep them motivated to lose weight. The families are then given a further 9 weeks to lose weight with Steve giving each person a target weight loss.
Families are also revisited months later in episodes titled "Second Helpings" to see how they have progressed.[1]
| Episode | Family | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cuff family | 6 January 2010 | |
| Steve visits the Cuff family in Telford. Anne loses 28 pounds, Mike loses 28 pounds, and Tarnya loses 49 pounds. | |||
| 2 | The Jeapes family | 13 January 2010 | |
| Steve visits the Jeapes family in Eastbourne. Ron loses 22 pounds, Daniel loses 25 pounds, Mark loses 25 pounds, and Alan loses 16 pounds. | |||
| 3 | The Huzzey family | 20 January 2010 | |
| Steve visits the Huzzey family in Chelmsford. Phil loses 48 pounds, Jan loses 49 pounds, and Kaleigh loses 24 pounds. | |||
| 4 | The Radford family | 27 January 2010 | |
| Steve visits the Radford family in Blackpool. Lou loses 13 pounds and Steve (Radford) loses 11 pounds. Steve loses 14 pounds, but puts weight back on. Neither Lou or Steve fully engage with the process. Steve died from a dilated cardiomyopathy on 26 July 2011.[2] | |||
| 5 | The Blackholly family | 3 February 2010 | |
| Steve visits the Blackholly family in Wiltshire. Toni loses 38 pounds and Neil loses 60 pounds. | |||
| 6 | The Haddrell family | 10 February 2010 | |
| Steve visits the Haddrell family in Luton. Eileen loses 28 pounds, Linda loses 27 pounds, Matt loses 31 pounds, and Sarah loses 28 pounds. | |||