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Maitre d’ and Extraordinary Places to Eat host Fred Sirieix and GP Zoe Williams open a restaurant with a difference, welcoming 20 unsuspecting diners for a slap-up meal. It all sounds normal enough, but this restaurant has something unexpected back of house - a functioning gym, where a group of fitness fanatics are poised on exercise bikes, treadmills and rowing machines, ready...

Maitred’andExtraordinaryPlacestoEathostFredSirieixandGPZoeWilliamsopenarestaurantwithadifference,welcoming20unsuspectingdinersforaslap-upmeal.Itallsoundsnormalenough,butthisrestauranthassomethingunexpectedbackofhouse-afunctioninggym,whereagroupoffitnessfanaticsarepoisedonexercisebikes,treadmillsandrowingmachines,readytoburnoffeverysinglecalorieorderedandconsumedbythediners.ThisgroundbreakingstuntforsciencestrandHorizonisbasedonthelatestscientificresearch,whichsuggeststhatwhenweareshowntheastonishingamountofexerciserequiredtoremoveexcesscaloriesfromourbodies,wechoosetoeatupto20%less.The495-caloriecalamaristarterdemandsapunishinghourand12minutesontherowingmachine.Thefishandchipstakestwohoursandfourminutesontheexercisebiketoburnoff,andrunningforanhourandnineminutesistheexerciseequivalentofthechocolatebrownie.FredandZoealsodelveintothescienceofcalories,includingwhyweneedthemandwhywearecollectivelyeatingmorethanweareburning,asituationwhichhasleftnearlytwothirdsofthepopulationoverweightorobese.Theyexaminenewscience,learningthatourgenesinfluenceourweight,notbychanginghowwemetabolisefood,butbydetermininghowhungrywefeel.Theyalsodelveintoourmicrobiometodiscoverhowahealthygutcouldhelpusburnfat.Puddingspolishedoff,thedinersareletinonthesecretgym.Willtheknowledgechangetheirbehaviour,astheresearchsuggests,orleaveanastytasteinthemouth?