Die neue Netflix -Serie bricht die giftige Katastrophe ab, die der größte Verlierer war
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/netflix-the-biggest-loser-docuseries-fit-for-tv-health-rcna225944
Die neue Netflix -Serie bricht die giftige Katastrophe ab, die der größte Verlierer war
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/netflix-the-biggest-loser-docuseries-fit-for-tv-health-rcna225944
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**From Hannah Holland, MSNBC producer:**
When it debuted in 2003, “The Biggest Loser” might have seemed like a great idea for a TV show. By then, America had become increasingly obese. The contrast between a media obsessed with thinness and the reality of what American adults weighed was incredibly stark. The premise of the hit show was simple: Contestants with obesity, divided into teams and assisted by full-time coaches and a medical doctor, competed to lose the highest percentage of body weight within 30 weeks. Again, it might have seemed like a good idea — but it was not.
For 17 seasons and well over a decade, “The Biggest Loser,” which originally aired on NBC, was a cultural phenomenon and a smash hit. At its peak, one premiere episode drew some 11.7 million viewers. The winner of any given season would leave Hollywood with their new body and their $250,000 cash prize and begin a media tour.
That success, though, did not bequeath a legacy. Although cultural attitudes toward thinness and body positivity are changing every day — currently for the worse, I might add — the general sentiment toward “The Biggest Loser” is that it was exploitative at best and incredibly dangerous at worst.
Read more: [https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/netflix-the-biggest-loser-docuseries-fit-for-tv-health-rcna225944](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/netflix-the-biggest-loser-docuseries-fit-for-tv-health-rcna225944)
Now they just take shots. No need to starve and work out.
I like that this was posted the exact same time as the other article detailing Jillian Michael’s receipts to the claims the documentary is making regarding her, Dr. Huizenga and Bob Harper.
Watched this last weekend, it was hilarious that it’s basically three episodes of everyone involved (minus Jillian) just pointing the fingers at each other and saying they did everything right and it was THOSE OTHER PEOPLE.
From the get-go people were saying this was a terrible way to lose weight and the show was harmful. But it had high ratings so nothing changed.
Meanwhile, the obesity rates climb higher…..
The lady who almost died should have just left and worked with the doctor to come up with an actual m healthy weight loss plan. Ma’am, all due respect, but what the hell was wrong with you?