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Is ‘Biggest Loser’ Healthy for Participants?

Nov 25, 2009  •  Post A Comment

Some contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” have admitted to using unhealthy means in a desperate attempt to win, the New York Times reports.

Some participants have been possibly risking their own health to win, losing weight through some unsafe techniques such as self-induced dehydration, the paper says.

The rapid weight loss regime promoted by the show goes against much medical advice. “I’m waiting for the first person to have a heart attack,” Dr. Charles Burant, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Health System, told the paper.

–Elizabeth Jensen

18 Comments

  1. Better to risk having a heart attack trying to lose the weight, rather than waiting for one to happen at 450 pounds while sitting on your butt. (As a fatty myself, I can say this!) They should try to be safe about how they do it, but seriously, concerned they could have a heart attack? They are a walking heart attack if they do nothing! I admire them for putting it all out there like they do & hope for their long term success!

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