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Episode description: Alan tackles the question of how to lose weight and keep it off over the long term by following the progress of a dozen subjects for several months as they adopt different strategies for weight loss, ranging from online diet systems to gastric bypass surgery. A look at the latest research into the body's complex weight-regulation system explores why dieting is so difficult. [cc]
Rating: [TV-G] (General Audience)
Series Information: Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers
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Past Airdates:
- KET2: Sunday, June 13, 2004 at 5:00 am EDT
- KET2: Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 5:00 am EDT
- KET2: Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 2:00 am EDT
- KET2: Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 9:00 pm EDT
- KET2: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 4:00 am EST
First aired: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 (excluding any air dates prior to June 1999)
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