Fat Nation - The Big Challenge
The presenters
大象传媒 ONE
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Matt Allwright is a familiar face to 大象传媒 ONE
audiences - he recently presented Brassed Off Britain.
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Matt works across a range of factual entertainment and
features and has a strong background in consumer affairs.
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He started out with 大象传媒 Southampton as a radio journalist
but quickly moved into television, where he worked as a court and political
reporter.
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In 1997 he joined Watchdog and, in 2001, anchored Weekend
Watchdog. He has also presented three series of Rogue Traders for 大象传媒
ONE.
Matt's roving reporter is Georgie Windsor
who originally wanted to be a doctor but ended up being a teacher.
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However, her main ambition has always been to be a
journalist and she landed her first job reading bulletins and reporting
for 大象传媒 South in 1997.
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Her first-ever TV piece involved a swearing parrot
and she's never looked back!
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Last year, Georgie took on her toughest assignment yet
聳 to lose three stone by eating healthily, exercising, having a
positive mental attitude and being filmed in the process!
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Georgie is still concerned about her health and, as
well as reporting on the nation's progress on the Big Challenge, she
is also taking part with help and encouragement from the street's residents.
The F Team
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Vicki Edgson, Efua Baker and Dr John
Marsden are 大象传媒 ONE's Fat Nation F Team (F is for fat!) who will
help the residents to achieve a healthier lifestyle.
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Vicki will be raiding the residents' fridges, throwing
out junk food and cramming in healthier choices.
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Efua has innovative ways of making exercise enjoyable
and aims to win over even the most sedentary of couch potatoes.
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With his pragmatic approach to psychology, John will
help residents find the will power to make their diet and exercise a
reality.
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Vicki Edgson, aka Miss Chiplash - Vicki
is a nutritionist who practises nutrition and naturopathy in a private
practice in London.
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She has co-written a number of books and writes regular
features for journals and major newspapers on all aspects of nutrition
and healthy lifestyles.
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Vicki is a full member of the British Association for
Nutritional Therapies and a full member of the Complementary Medicine
Associations.
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Miss Chiplash says: "Cutting out just one biscuit
a day could 'save' you 100 calories a day. This adds up to enough calories
to prevent the average annual one kilogram (2.21b) weight gain a year
that happens to most adults."
Efua Baker, Fitness Expert - Efua Baker has been
a trainer, or body sculptor, for more than 10 years.
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Voted one of the top five trainers in London, she prepared
Christian Bale to fit into his costume for Batman.
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Efua has a unique motivational style and combines body
building, yoga, martial arts and dance in her workouts.
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Efua does not believe in weighing or diets per se, instead
she prefers to instil her clients with a positive and healthy attitude
to food.
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Efua says: "When you are watching TV as a family,
get up when the breaks come on and do some activity.
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"Rush off for a run around the garden, walk or
run up and down the stairs, do some press ups, or jump on the exercise
bicycle.
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"If the TV breaks are two or three minutes each,
you can add quite a lot of physical activity to your evening."
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Dr John Marsden, Physiologist -
John Marsden, PhD, is a chartered research physiologist.
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He is Senior Lecturer in Addictive Behaviour at King's
College, London and research co-ordinator at the National Addiction
Centre, the Institute of Psychiatry.
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John is an internationally recognised expert in the
study of addiction and has research expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics,
psychometrics and clinical psychology.
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He also presents Bodyhits for 大象传媒 THREE.
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John says: "Changing your behaviour will mean that
increased physical activity and a healthy, varied diet become second
nature after a while.
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"But if you have the occasional lapse don't panic.
Just think of it as a temporary glitch, whether you stray off course
for a few days or for weeks, it doesn't matter 聳 just get back
on track as soon as you can."
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