Extreme Bodies

Season 1

Extreme Bodies is an incredible series that looks deep into the structures of the most amazing human bodies Nature has ever created! Using the latest MRI scanning technology, combined with state-of-the-art CGI, Extreme Bodies reveals the remarkable skeletons, brains and cardio-vascular systems of people who live life far from the average.

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S1 E1 - Conjoined Twins
November 16, 2008
44min
TV-14
Extreme Bodies reveals the extraordinary stories of the most unique people on the planet. Conjoined Twins explores the amazing structures of people who are literally one in a billion!
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S1 E2 - Super Obese
November 16, 2008
44min
TV-14
The human body is a resilient, versatile and adaptable machine, but it's evolved to operate at an optimum weight. How, with two thirds of the United States either over-weight or obese, are we are pushing our bodies to their natural limit?
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S1 E3 - Giants
December 3, 2009
44min
TV-PG
Harnessing some of the most sophisticated medical imaging systems on the planet, Extreme Bodies takes us on a journey deep beneath the skin of the tallest giants in America: men and women who are often suffering from life-threatening conditions.
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S1 E4 - Dwarfs
March 14, 2009
44min
TV-14
Shaped by genetic anomalies buried deep in their DNA, dwarfs' bodies are the products of incredible anatomical engineering. With the aid of cutting edge scanning techniques, Extreme Bodies uncovers the science hidden within the world's smallest people.
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