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‘Fit For TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser’ Explores The Competition Series’ Dark Side

Anne Marie O’Connor

Published

1 year ago

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Netflix

The Biggest Loser was famous for how much weight contestants lost… and infamous for how it belittled and abused contestants. “Producers… were like, ‘We want ’em to puke, we want the madness of it all!” personal trainer Bob Harper admits. “To see us in a gym yelling, screaming — that’s good TV.”

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But good TV didn’t equal great outcomes, and in this documentary, health professionals take issue with the show’s methods, plus former contestants reveal how they were forced to life-threatening extremes. It’s a fascinating inside look at people’s desperation to lose weight — and how the entertainment industry took advantage of it.

Fit for TV: The Reality of ‘The Biggest Loser’ | Premieres Friday, Aug. 15, on Netflix

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