33 Stone at 15 showing on BBC

Picture: BBC/Daisy Beck Production/Wellspring AcademiesGeorgias Story: 33 Stone at 15Georgias Story: 33 Stone at 15, showing Tuesday April 21st on BBC 1 at 10:35pmAt 33 stone, Georgia is one of the largest teenagers in the UK, but at just 15, she's too young for medication or surgery. Now Georgia is taking an incredible journey to transform her life to that of a normal, teenage girl. Spending nine months at the Wellspring Academy residential weight-loss school in the USA, Georgia will retrain her eating habits, develop an interest in physical activity and be given the chance to discover what makes her turn to food in the way that she has. This documentary sees the teenager settling into boarding school in an unfamiliar country. She undertakes cognitive behaviour sessions, tries new physical activity regimes and develops a new relationship with food. Temptation beckons half-way through the course when Georgia comes home for a Christmas break. But will she grasp this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the girl she desperately wants to be? View the full reviewGet a reminder when Georgias Story: 33 Stone at 15 starts...