Secret Eaters

Britain has a big, fat problem. Only America is getting fatter than we are faster than we are. Though a nation obsessed with our waistlines, for many people huge weight gain is a complete mystery. How are we putting weight on when we’re convinced we live on salad and sparkling water? This series proves just how many of us are in denial about what we eat and hide the extent of our eating from our families and ourselves. For many there is a huge gap between the muesli we admit to and the chicken tikka we eat when the lights are down. Secret Eaters is back for a second series. Presented by Anna Richardson, the show goes undercover across the UK to find out the truth about how much families really eat. Each week one household - couples, friends or siblings – are put under 24-hour surveillance to discover if they are Secret Eaters. Using fixed cameras installed inside their home and Private Investigators to track them outside of it; at work, rest or play our cameras will be watching. All the evidence will be revealed in the Secret Eaters’ Incident Room. Here, each couple will be confronted with the shocking reality of their diet because if you want to lose weight, you really need to know the truth about how you’re putting it on. This week, Hetal and Mitul from Leicester are under the Secret Eaters’ spotlight. This boyfriend and girlfriend are desperate to lose weight but can’t understand why they keep piling on the pound. They're convinced they eat healthily, but the fact that they put a litre of cheese sauce onto a moussaka, and add chocolate spread to a health shake, seems to suggest otherwise.' Once they learn the shocking truth of what they’re really eating, will they be able to stick to a healthy eating plan, starting winning their battle of the bulge and look forward to a healthier future together? And when it comes to eating, once we pop most of us can’t stop. So in this episode our secret cameras won’t just be concentrating Hetal and Mitul’s dietary downfalls, we’ll also be laying mischievous and tasty traps for the public proving just how easy it is for us ALL to succumb to secret eating. Could you too be a Secret Eater?