Short documentary portraits of primary children with a range of disabilities, learning differences and medical conditions. Today, a young girl explains what it is like living with type 1 diabetes.

Nutritionist Dr Joanna McMillan is on a mission to help stem the onslaught of type 2 diabetes, devising a personalised program to help four Australians on the brink of developing the chronic illness.

Jamie Oliver investigates sugar's huge contribution to global health problems like obesity and type 2 diabetes, reveals how much sugar is in healthy-looking food, and explores what can be done to help.

That Sugar Film is one man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. That Sugar Film will forever change the way you think about 'healthy' food.

Real people, real problems - there are times when families need nothing short of their own fairy godmother to help them through the rocky terrain of modern life.

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS Proponents say they are safe and prevent diseases like diabetes, while critics say they may cause a variety of health problems. ANTARCTIC FOSSILS Fossil hunters want to know what life was like when dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago.

Diabetes is one of Australia's greatest health dilemmas. Every day, 280 people develop the condition. But can you get rid of it? Insight sits down with Dr Michael Mosley to investigate why this has become such an issue for Australians, how the food you eat impacts your blood sugar levels, and the plan he believes will reverse the disease in many sufferers.

This program will examine the disease and what's being done to confront it across the world. From India to South Africa, Brazil and Australia, we'll seek to identify how different cultures and economies are affected by this surging problem.

In Dead Tired, new medical studies will reveal what many scientists have long believed - that sleep deprivation can trigger and exacerbate many diseases including heart disease, obesity, diabetes and even depression. Tonight's episode investigates how sleep deprivation causes sickness and death.

New research has linked the Western diet to asthma, autism, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, emphysema, cancer, and the list goes on. The reason a healthy diet could be even more important than previously thought is because food affects the bacteria deep inside our gut.

Increasing childhood rates of diabetes, respiratory disease, behavioural disorders, obesity - and one in four children with mental health problems - lead 2003 Australian of the Year, Fiona Stanley, to warn that the next generation of Australians could have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.

According to some, sugar is the big contributor to a worldwide explosion in obesity, diabetes, and something called 'metabolic syndrome'. Sugar can be addictive and is added to far more food products than we ever imagined. New Zealand psychologist and author, Nigel Latta, embarks on a journey to discover if sugar could be the real culprit in this growing crisis.

More than half of Australians are exceeding the WHO guidelines of limiting added sugar. What effect is sugar really having on our nation's health and economy? Sandro introduces the facts from a bath of coke.

American Samoa has one of the highest obesity rates in the world and almost one third of the population has diabetes. This week we investigate this epidemic, and ask how it got so bad? For Tavita, losing weight has become a matter of life and death. Tavita is from Apia, the capital of Samoa, where there is an obesity crisis. A former taxi driver, he would drink two litres of sugary soft drinks each day and regularly eat mutton flaps, a cheap cut of fatty meat imported from New Zealand. Poor eating habits are being passed on from generation to generation causing a multitude of related health problems. Many of these health issues are also prevalent in Australia - WHO data shows almost 70 percent of Australian males are overweight and 58 percent of females are. But in Samoa and American Samoa, these issues are amplified.

This week at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's south-west Anglican Chaplain Graham McKay is visiting Sharren. She's battled disability and diabetes ever since a horrific car crash 28 years ago left her paralysed down one side. Now Sharren's left leg is not getting enough blood flow and must be amputated. Meantime, at Royal North Shore Hospital, Uniting Church Chaplain Julie Telfer meets Kerina who is being treated for an infected hand and has an interesting story to tell.