Biggest Loser promoting disordered eating
I just read a post over at Jezebel about one of the Biggest Loser finalists, Kai Hibbard, developing an eating disorder. Up until now I hadn’t heard of any contestants actually coming out about what the contest puts them through (in terms of the promotion of eating disordered behaviors), but this is exactly why I have always been against this show. It’s always disturbed me that we’re expected to cheer on and praise these contestants for engaging in the same behaviors people are hospitalized for every day. Besides the psychological torture they use to “motivate” their contestants, and the fact that they force them to go against medical advice, there are so many people who fucking idolize this show that now have the idea that it’s okay and even healthy to push your body to such limits. We already live in a culture that glorifies pain and wants us to hate our bodies, but the way this show exploits that certainly isn’t helping matters.
Check out the Jezebel post here.
