here peoplerrived welcomed us. our problems all went away. we want to stay in the area.e don't want to go far away. i hope you will find a place to live. with the help of his new friends aziz has found a place to live right here. this is the kitchen. jacques: everyone wants to be thin, it means beauty, success, desirability, and yeyet 60% of u us are overweweight. in the middle of an obesity crisis, the multibillion pound weight-loss business is bigger than ever. i'i'm jacques peretti, and in this series i'm going to investigate the men whwho made their fofortunes ouout of our desiree to be thin. as diets failed, i'll see how other busininesses like f fitness moved in, selling themselves as a way to lose weight. this country was opening something in the region of 400 to 500 clubs a year, and the demand was insatiable.