{"id":95656,"date":"2014-02-06T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=95656"},"modified":"2014-02-06T12:17:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:17:18","slug":"biggest-losers-rachel-makes-headlines-with-her-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/biggest-losers-rachel-makes-headlines-with-her-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Loser&#8217;s Rachel Makes Headlines with Her Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, February 4th, our own <strong><a title=\"All about Brandi Koskie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/authors\/brandi\/\">Brandi Koskie<\/a> <\/strong>tuned into the season finale for &#8220;The Biggest Loser&#8221; season 15. She was watching the program from her living room, which was unusual\u2014she&#8217;s been in the audience at well over half of the past season&#8217;s finales. What she saw shocked her, and she&#8217;s not alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachel-frederickson-lg-02-e1391705806240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95668 aligncenter\" alt=\"Rachel-frederickson-lg-02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachel-frederickson-lg-02-e1391705806240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the contest had lost a shocking 60% of her body weight, reducing her 5&#8217;5&#8243; frame to a painfully thin 105 pounds. Although Koskie was one of the first to <strong><a title=\"Biggest Loser goes to far with season 15 winner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/rachels-60-percent-weight-loss-is-nothing-to-celebrate-biggest-loser-should-be-ashamed\/\">rally against NBC and the show<\/a><\/strong>, telling them they&#8217;d gone too far, other news outlets soon followed suit. Winner Rachel Frederickson said she feels <strong><a title=\"Rachel Frederickson says she feels great about weight loss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/i-feel-absolutely-great-biggest-losers-rachel-frederickson-speaks-about-her-win-and-shocking-weight-loss\/\">&#8220;absolutely great&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>, but this didn&#8217;t stop any of the concern for her and criticism for the way the &#8220;game&#8221; is played.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just a sampling of what&#8217;s being written about the debacle. Obviously this win stirred up a lot of emotion in the public as well as among health experts. We&#8217;re hopeful that the next season will have new regulations and rules in place to keep contestants safe and healthy as they compete.<\/p>\n<p>Click below to read more articles on the topic:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/voices.suntimes.com\/arts-entertainment\/the-daily-sizzle\/a-biggest-loser-controversy-did-rachel-go-too-far\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Biggest Loser Controversy: Did Rachel Go Too Far?<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>,\u00a0The Chicago Sun Times<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2014\/02\/05\/biggest-loser-crowns-season-15-winner\/5220853\/\" target=\"_blank\">Did Biggest Loser Champ Shed Too Much Weight?<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>,\u00a0USA Today<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/02\/05\/too-little-too-soon-critics-fear-for-loser-health\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viewer&#8217;s Fear for Loser&#8217;s Health<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>,\u00a0New York Post<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2014\/02\/05\/the-biggest-loser-goes-too-far\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Biggest Loser Goes Too Far<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>,\u00a0Time magazine<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-biggest-loser-season-15-winner-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Biggest Loser Crowns Season 15 Winner<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>, CBS News<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/people-are-freaking-out-over-skeletal-biggest-loser-w-1516529414\" target=\"_blank\">People are Freaking Out Over &#8216;Skeletal&#8217; Biggest Loser Winner<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>, Jezebel<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/tv\/showtracker\/la-et-st-biggest-loser-rachel-frederickson-too-skinny-20140205,0,4321687.story#axzz2sU4irrqK\" target=\"_blank\">Biggest Loser: Uproar as Winner Appears &#8216;Too Thin&#8221; at 105 Pounds<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>, LA Times<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2014\/02\/05\/4799812\/biggest-loser-controversy-did.html\" target=\"_blank\">Biggest Loser Controversy: Did Winner Rachel Frederickson Lose Too Much Weight?<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>, Kansas City Star<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: NBCU<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nRead Also: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Biggest Loser Controversial Diet Tactics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/biggest-loser-controversial-diet-tactics\/\">Biggest Loser Controversial Diet Tactics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Meet the Biggest Loser 15 contestants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/meet-the-biggest-loser-15-contestants-including-american-idol-ruben-studdard-and-olympian-holley-mangold\/\">Meet The Biggest Loser 15 Contestants, Including American Idol Winner Ruben Studdard and Olympian Holley Mangold<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Dovett hangs out with Diets in Review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/dolvett-hangs-out-with-dietsinreview.com\/\">Dolvett Hangs Out with Diets in Review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, February 4th, our own Brandi Koskie tuned into the season finale for &#8220;The Biggest Loser&#8221; season 15. She was watching the program from her living room, which was unusual\u2014she&#8217;s been in the audience at well over half of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/biggest-losers-rachel-makes-headlines-with-her-weight-loss\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,3695,18],"tags":[8,232,10295,8486,8440,258,791,74],"class_list":["post-95656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","tag-biggest-loser","tag-bob-harper","tag-controversy","tag-dolvett-quince","tag-homepage","tag-jillian-michaels","tag-nbc","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95656"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95679,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95656\/revisions\/95679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}