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The Biggest Loser has received a healthy dose of backlash from the medical community over recent years; all of it well deserved. If you haven’t seen the show (I admit I’ve only seen an episode or two), essentially a number of individuals with morbid...

For some, the show “The Biggest Loser” was a source of entertainment; for others, it was the source of inspiration. For scientists, it is shaping up to be an incredible experiment in the way our metabolisms help us fight to keep off weight. 13 of the...

This week, splashed all over the New York Times, was an article about a paper written by Kevin Hall, a senior researcher at the National Institute for Health. It was published in Obesity and titled “Persistent metabolic adaptation 6 years after ‘The...

"The Biggest Loser," a reality TV show in which contestants compete to shed the most weight, has been a huge win for NBC — now airing all over the world in its 17th season. It's also been a boon for obesity researchers, offering them an extremely rare...

A new study involving participants of the popular TV show “The Biggest Loser” found that even 6 years after their large weight-loss on the show (129 pounds on average), their metabolism was still slow and struggling to adapt to their new weight. The...