Addicted to Food

Eight people with eating disorders head to a rural Texas treatment centre to undergo an intense 42-day programme with maverick therapist Tennie McCarty. McCarty uses a tough-love approach and unorthodox methods to help her patients overcome their disorders, asking them to confront the issues in their lives that have led them to use food as an escape for their problems. The aim of this reality series is to show that recovery is possible even for people who fear that they are in a hopeless situation. … MORE