Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser
TV Show • 2025
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No animals except for a dog sitting on the lap of a person being interviewed.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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No, but lots of women (and men) dehumanized and humiliated in very fatphobic ways for entertainment purposes that was very popular and normalized in the early 2000’s. Shown in all episodes
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is someone tortured?
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No in the traditional sense, but lots of footage of people being pushed and guilted into exercising more regardless of whatever pain they’re in.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Non traditional ways — lots of normalized eating disorders and intentional harm in pushing the body past its limits such as under eating and binge eating and excessive exercise
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Some implied in one scene when a person is describing wanting to leave a marriage, but she focuses on the if infidelity being the key breaking point amongst other things.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Someone holds up lingerie once or twice but that’s it.
I think in the 3rd episode someone describes a medical school class where they had to watch different videos of marginalized people being sexually active (in an attempt to de stigmatize their experiences) and someone tells the story of their classmate being “disgusted” at plus size people having sex.
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I think in the 3rd episode someone describes a medical school class where they had to watch different videos of marginalized people being sexually active (in an attempt to de stigmatize their experiences) and someone tells the story of their classmate being “disgusted” at plus size people having sex.
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Are there abusive parents?
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One scene where a person references that being yelled at and shamed by the trainers triggered/reminded them of facing similar shame and scolding from their childhood.
No parents abusing children are shown or otherwise mentioned
No parents abusing children are shown or otherwise mentioned
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Are there nude scenes?
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Shows clips of the show The Biggest Loser, which has lots of shirtless people (women in bras and pants) to show massive weigh less in plus size people. It is often to mock and dehumanize them.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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The opposite. Lots of implications that plus sized people cannot be sexually attractive, but this is more of a mention than a focus
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Yes. The second and especially third episodes wash the problems and talk about the impact while only focusing on potential positives.
The host says he doesn’t regret anything he’s done, and the former contestants all describe how the show “was just trying to help” without unpacking the harm
The host says he doesn’t regret anything he’s done, and the former contestants all describe how the show “was just trying to help” without unpacking the harm
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Lots of talk of both binge eating and starving.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is a minority misrepresented?
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Fat people are portrayed as unable to control themselves around food.
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Is there hate speech?
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No mainly microaggressions
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Ep2: One contestant has a panic attack from former truma.
Ep 3: At least one former contestant mentions having PTSD from his time on the show.
Ep 3: At least one former contestant mentions having PTSD from his time on the show.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone die?
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A woman's heart stops, so, yes, but she is eventually okay.
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Both men and women are berated and verbally abused for struggling, crying, or showing emotion.
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Vomit multiple times throughout all 3 episodes and mention of people vomiting
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Medical
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Is there shakey cam?
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Some shakey cam in footage of the show to make fat jokes, such as when they trip or fall off of gym or exercise equipment (due to exhaustion and also not being trained on how to use it).
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