Synopsis

Teen Heavyweight is Shine Iberia’s new format for SIC, adapted from the huge success The Biggest Loser. This great program, proven all over the world (Netherlands, Australia, USA, Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico…) already has more than 55 series produced and broadcast in more than 100 territories.The format offers the possibility of changing lives for overweight people, through a radical and healthy change in eating and lifestyle habits. This time the program will be exclusively for teenagers, between 16 and 19 years old, with the aim of of  changing their lives and making the country think about its future. The urgency of combating childhood obesity is a public health issue with many agents involved.The program will test a group of teenagers, who will train, fall in love with new sports, radically change their eating habits and give them the well-being they have always dreamed of. For a period of time, this group will live exclusively for this adaptation to their new life, followed by trainers and a team of specialized doctors.Bárbara Guimarães will be the presenter who will lead the format and follow the young people’s journey to the grand final, where one of them will be the Heavyweight.Every week a competitor leaves the estate, but will continue to be followed by the team of trainers, nutrition and medical team. Throughout 2016, all competitors and their families will be included in the AMEA TEENS project, in which a group of nutritionists will accompany the family on a healthy diet suited to each person’s family budget.