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Lessons on Weight Loss from ‘The Biggest Loser’
49 minutes Posted Sep 24, 2025 at 6:50 pm.
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In its heyday, “The Biggest Loser” was one of the biggest shows on TV. But now, nine years after it went off the air, a  Netflix docuseries and new book by leading obesity researcher Kevin Hall, are prompting a re-examination of the show’s tactics, and some of the surprising discoveries it led to surrounding metabolism and weight loss.