You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat
GenreDocumentary
StarringTrisha Goddard
(2022–)
Amir Khan
(2022–)
Gillian McKeith
(2004–2006)
Narrated byPaul Shelley
(2004–2006)
Trisha Goddard (2022–)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodesUnknown (Channel 4 Series)
6 (Channel 5 Series)
Production
Executive producersMurray Boland (2022)
Dermot Caulfield (2022)
Danielle Lux (2022)
Running time30 minutes (2004–06)
60 minutes (2006, 2022–)
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release29 June 2004 (2004-06-29) –
18 October 2006 (2006-10-18)
NetworkChannel 5
Release5 January 2022 (2022-01-05) –
present (present)
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You Are What You Eat is a British dieting programme presented by Trisha Goddard and Amir Khan that broadcasts on Channel 5. The show was originally broadcast on Channel 4, before moving to Channel 5 in 2022 for its revived series.[1] Both the Channel 4 and Channel 5[2] versions of the show were produced by CPL Productions[3] (formerly Celador).[4][5]

The show originally ran from 2004 until 2006 on Channel 4 with controversial host Gillian McKeith. On 5 March 2021 it was confirmed the show would be revived with Goddard and Khan replacing McKeith as host, with the first episode of the new series broadcast back-to-back on Channel 5 with Dr Amir's How To Give Up Sugar (and Lose Weight)[6] (also known as Dr Amir's Sugar Crash)[7] on 5 January 2022.

You Are What You Eat was also the title of an American film from 1968. The phrase "You are what you eat" was first expressed by Ludwig Feuerbach in 1863 (German: Der Mensch ist, was er iszt.).[8]

  1. ^ Roper, Matt (31 December 2021). "Trisha says You Are What You Eat won't be as cruel as Gillian McKeith's version". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ "My5". Channel5.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ Kanter, Jake (5 March 2021). "ViacomCBS Network Channel 5 Reboots UK Lifestyle Show 'You Are What You Eat' With Trisha Goddard". Deadline.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ "CPL Productions - You Are What You Eat". Cplproductions.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ "CPL Productions - Channel 5 commissions reboot of 'You Are What You Eat' with Trisha Goddard set to host". Cplproductions.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ "My5". Channel5.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Dr Amir's Sugar Crash". Knickerbockerglory.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ^ Steven Shapin, Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as if It Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority, second edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010, 568 pages, page 235 (ISBN 978-0801894213).