one by one, who are the eight participants

A new edition of Matter of weight (El Trece, Monday to Friday at 2:45 p.m.), the program that began in 2006 with the leadership of Andrea Politti and that already accumulates more than 10 seasons.

On this occasion the reality which helps people lose weight returned to the El Trece screen but with a new host. Is about Mario Massaccesi who left his role in the TN news program to take charge of this project.

Furthermore, of course, it could not be missed Alberto Cormillot.

Now he is accompanied by a large part of his family: his wife Estefania Pasquini, his son Adrián Cormillot and his granddaughter Abril Cormillot.

But, as always, the protagonists are the participants who compete with the scales every week.

“El Gaucho” appeared with espadrilles, a poncho and a hat. He is 39 years old and is from Corrientes and said that he weighs around 210 kilos.

“With the issue of obesity I can’t get on the horse, I get tired of standing. I want to go back to how I was before, thin, I felt happy,” she said.

He is a chef and master pizza maker.

He explained that he began to eat what was left over from his work and thus gained weight.

Ernesto assured that he wants to be able to play with his daughter and improve the bond with his wife, with whom he lost intimacy.

Melina is a 27-year-old student, originally from Bariloche, although she has lived in the Federal Capital for a year where she settled to study psychology.

“At this point in my life I am starting to worry about my health. “It is becoming more and more difficult for me to climb stairs or tie my shoelaces,” she said.

“I hate doing physical activity, there is nothing that drives me crazy more. I hate walking, I am capable of taking a taxi for three blocks,” she added.

Melina said that she does not work and that it is her boyfriend, with whom she lives, who supports her.

He is 25 years old, is from González Catán, is a plastic injector and works with his family.

“I think I weigh around 215 kilos. “I don’t want to reach my 30s and have to be taken out of my house bedridden,” he acknowledged.

In addition, he said that it makes him uncomfortable to go out and that being obsessed took away his ability to be himself.

“I realize that I am not normal and I see it in people’s eyes too,” he expressed.

He was nicknamed “The Play Boy” because he really likes playing video games with his friends.

He is 33 years old, he is from Flores and they call him “Nate.” She said that she was weighing around 97 kilos and that she wants to lose weight to dance again.

According to what she said, she is a dancer and won first places in both national and international competitions.

“I am currently working selling hot content. I have a page where clients enter and pay for what they want to consume,” she said.

In addition, he explained that he lives with his family, who are very religious, even his sister is a pastor. “They’ve been going to church for as long as I can remember, so they don’t know about this. They are going to have to accept it, if not, they will kick me out,” she said.

Camila drew particular attention because she is the sister of Thiago Medina, former participant in the last edition of Big Brother.

From La Matanza and 29 years old, the participant, who is an “influencer,” assured that she wants to lose weight so that they do not look at her “like a monster” on the street.

“I want help and I want to get ahead,” he admitted. “In my childhood they called me ‘fat’, ‘ugly’, ‘you’ll never amount to anything’,” she said.

Camila said that she began to gain weight at the age of 18, as a result of depression after the death of her mother, who died of cardiac arrest and “left behind a child who had been born eight days ago.”

He is 37 years old, lives in Ciudadela. He works with her mother in the woman’s bakery and also drives her truck for one of the famous travel applications.

The man, who is called “The Uruguayan,” because he was born there, said that he has a weakness for flour and that he likes pastries and fried cakes.

He is divorced and, in part, the separation was due to his way of eating. Paulo said that his menu was hot dogs, ham and cheese pie and hamburgers. This caused both him and his wife to gain weight.

They call her “The mother of the miracle.” She is 34 years old and is from Villa Pueyrredón. She said that at 16 she began to gain weight. Her father was a police officer and they killed him when she was two years old. The lack of her father caused her anxiety during her adolescence and she took refuge in food.

She has been married for 17 years. She has been with her husband since she was 15 and got married at 20. She confessed that she didn’t like how her dress looked on her and her wish is to get married again and feel pretty.

In November 2023, he had an endoscopy and micro-perforations were made in his esophagus. “There they tell me: ‘We have to put you in the operating room now.’ They told me to say goodbye because they didn’t know if I was going to wake up. “I said goodbye to my husband and they put me in the operating room,” he said.

“I woke up on a Monday and I didn’t understand anything, it caused me a lot of anxiety,” he recalled. And he explained that she couldn’t see his children.

Matías is 38 years old, is from Floresta and is a street vendor. “In the neighborhood I am Matías, the tupperware kid,” he said.

His parents died and he lives with his brothers. The participant explained that since her parents died she let herself be and gained weight. Furthermore, he said that he was very close to his father and that he spent all day with him because she worked at the bar he owned.

“I’m not shy, I talk, I chat, I dance. But in privacy, yes, one does not feel comfortable,” she noted. The thing is, he warned that he likes to go out dancing with his friends and that he chooses not to be in a relationship.