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Dieting in “The Biggest Loser”
All month, we’ve been talking about how food is having its moment on the screen, from TV shows set in restaurants to Netflix specials featuring the world’s top chefs. We close out our Food on the Screen series with a look at the NBC reality TV show “The Biggest Loser.”
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readAll month, we’ve been talking about how food is having its moment on the screen, from TV shows set in restaurants to Netflix specials featuring the world’s top chefs. We close out our Food on the Screen series with a look at the NBC reality TV show “The Biggest Loser.” Some shocking findings from the New York Times revealed that most of the contestants on Season 8 regained much, if not all, the weight they lost. Some are even heavier now than they were at the start of the season.
To hear why dieting is a zero sum game, we called neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt. Her new book is Why Diets Make Us Fat. While we’re on the subject, download This American Life’s “Tell Me I’m Fat” episode if you haven’t already. What you hear might shock you...
Music: "Cool, Not Cold" by Shawn Lee
The full episode
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Food on the Screen: Calabasas & Paris- 0:48Dieting in “The Biggest Loser”You’re reading this
- 17:06Chef Adeline Grattard, coming to a screen near you
- 24:33Jonathan Gold scores tofu balls, tokens and craft beer at Button Mash
- 32:57Deconstructing the diet of a coyote
- 39:31Ratatouille with stuffed squash blossoms
- 46:27Gustavo Arellano eats 31 tacos to judge taco fest
- 52:05Smorgasburg stakes out turf in DTLA
The full episode
1 of 7Food on the Screen: Calabasas & Paris- 0:48Dieting in “The Biggest Loser”You’re reading this
- 17:06Chef Adeline Grattard, coming to a screen near you
- 24:33Jonathan Gold scores tofu balls, tokens and craft beer at Button Mash
- 32:57Deconstructing the diet of a coyote
- 39:31Ratatouille with stuffed squash blossoms
- 46:27Gustavo Arellano eats 31 tacos to judge taco fest
- 52:05Smorgasburg stakes out turf in DTLA