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A recent docuseries on Netflix, "Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser," and new book by obesity researcher Kevin Hall, have sparked conversations about the reality show's weight-loss tactics, ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Recently in the UK reality television shows such as Love Island have been under the spotlight for alleged bullying ...

Danni Allen is a Chicago woman who won Season 14 of The Biggest Loser back in 2013. Five years after The Biggest Loser ended for good, the alleged darker side of the show has been examined in the ...

Even though I love reality TV, I watched only a few episodes of “The Biggest Loser” during its 18 seasons, from 2004 to 2020. What I saw made me uncomfortable, because the show appeared to be a sad ...

A new Netflix docuseries, "Fit For TV," examines the triumphs and controversies of the NBC reality show "The Biggest Loser." Former contestant and Season 10 winner Patrick House declined to be ...

When a reader emailed me to ask my thoughts on the new Netflix documentary, “Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser,” I was on the fence about watching it, let alone writing about it, but I ...

Ali Vincent became the first woman to win “The Biggest Loser” during season 5 in 2008. Then-32-year-old Vincent lost 112 pounds on the NBC reality show, dropping from 234 to 122 pounds. The ...

Jillian Michaels has responded to Netflix's recently released "Biggest Loser" bombshell documentary. In the three-part series that Michaels did not participate in, the fitness guru was painted to be ...

The Biggest Loser helped many of its trainers — including Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels — find fame — but where is everyone now following the show’s past controversy? NBC’s The Biggest Loser, which ...

No surprise that Jillian Michaels is keeping it quite real when it comes to her feelings about the Netflix documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser. Accused of using questionable ...