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Weighing in on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" : surveillance medicine, self-concept, and gender on the scale

Creator:

Readdy, Ryan T.

Abstract:

The current appeal of reality television is undeniable, with the specific genre of makeover television having special nationalistic and moral appeal in the United States. Previous analyses of NBC's weight-loss makeover show The Biggest Loser suggest that the program is inherently problematic because of its ingrained fat bias and unethical...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

, even when I wanted to keep it in. Thank you to Erica Woekel… you helped me realize that I didn’t