Fat Brit kids shipped to Australia's outback

Britain used to ship convicts to Australia. Now it is about to send overweight youths. New reality television series "Fat Teens Can't Hunt" -- a kind of "Survivor" meets "The Biggest Loser" -- will see 10 overweight British teenagers sent to Australia's outback to live and eat with remote Aboriginal communities. They will survive for a month on "bush tucker" including witchetty grubs, local berries and grasses, or go hungry in a program "Big Brother" producer Endemol says is aimed at helping overweight children tackle overeating. "Britain has the fattest teenagers in Europe with one in three overweight or obese. Doctors warn that if we don't tackle this problem, generations of kids face a drastic reduction in the quality and longevity of their lives," Producer Bridget Sneyd told Britain's The Sun tabloid newspaper. The program, made for BBC3, will be similar to "Fat Men Can't Hunt," which featured a group of overweight men living in the deserts of Namibia. But the new series will star boys and girls aged 16-19, following them as they trap and forage for food. Producers are still searching for a suitable location and are seeking a volunteer Aboriginal community.