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How bad is over-eating for our bodies? We get the science behind over-indulging.

Audrey Tinline looks at the political and economic history behind having a great big meal with a large group of people. We find out what happens to your body when you eat too much: the science of over-eating.We look at how festive food has been used as a hallmark of social and political dominance - beginning with how it came to feature so prominently in still life art. And how the recipe for a the British Christmas pudding was hijackaed as a stealth marketing tool for the Empire.

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27 minutes

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Mon 29 Dec 2014 13:32GMT

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  • Boxing Day 2014 19:32GMT
  • Mon 29 Dec 2014 00:32GMT
  • Mon 29 Dec 2014 04:32GMT
  • Mon 29 Dec 2014 13:32GMT

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