I haven't watched *that* BBC2 Horizons programme. I don't intend to. All I can say is that I wish I were surprised this dangerously irresponsible show was commissioned. I wish I were surprised a doctor would participate in what is a clear breach of their oath to do no harm.

I wish someone had considered the millions of people with eating disorders who would be negatively affected by a message like that. But as we know, we live in a society that exalts thinness over health, a society that uses fear of weight gain to control us...

to control what we eat, how we look and how we move. This show had nothing to do with health. There are no morally justifiable reasons for putting a show like this on TV, especially during a global pandemic when body panic is already off the charts.