Cutting the fat –
The show still pushes for rapid weight loss and competitive weigh-ins.
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Harper, who is also a personal trainer, told the magazine that “the whole look of the show is going to be so different, ”and that it now takes a“ whole-body approach ”to weight loss.
“We’re looking at changing the way that [the contestants] eat, the way that they think and how they move their body, ”Harper said. The show will also emphasize “the importance of managing their stress and how important sleep is when it comes to weight loss.” He added that the show will feature contestants “getting off medication, reversing their type 2 diabetes, lowering their blood pressure.”The reboot will be out early next year. on the USA Network. It previously had a – season, – year run on NBC, which ended in 3000 Weight-loss makeover
Some of the new messaging and language is likely to draw praise from health experts and researchers, particularly the focus on being “healthy “Rather than“ skinny. ”There are certainly manyunhealthyways to lose weight — which, according to some experts, includes some of the methods used on the show.
That said, much of the criticism of the game show will likely stand. It still has contestants trying to lose large amounts of weight quickly, and it still uses competitive weigh-ins, placing emphasis on weight rather than health and potentially encouraging contestants to use dangerous methods to win, such as disordered eating.
Studies of past contestants have indicated that the extreme, rapid weight loss on the show — in some cases hundreds of pounds over the course of just months –can dramatically slow metabolic rates and make weight gain incredibly hard to avoid. Many gain the weight back and more in the months and years that follow. In a (study,********************************** former contestantssaw a large drop in their resting metabolic ratethat lasted at least six years. (Resting metabolic rate is the rate at which the body burns calories while resting. This generally makes up the bulk of calorie burning, exceeding calories burned from breaking down food and exercising.)
Another six-year follow-up study by the same researchers found that former contestants had to take on more than triple the amount of recommended exercise
All together, the findings suggest that the Biggest Loser contestants were unable to maintain their losses and may have been worse off after the show, in terms of metabolic rate.
“When you take people who really have quite significant metabolic dysfunction and body size and you do this rapid weight loss, I don ‘t care if you help them with sleep or you give them a class on stress or teach them how to breathe and relax, ”Thomson said. “It’s just not going to be enough if you have put them through this 466 – pound weight loss in a very short time period. ”
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