On 'Biggest Loser,' Health Takes a Back Seat

On 'Biggest Loser,' Health Takes a Back Seat

Published: November 25, 2009 @ 5:58 am
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By the New York Times

When more than 40 former contestants from “The Biggest Loser” gather Wednesday for a reunion television special, the winner of the program’s first season, Ryan C. Benson, who lost 122 of his 330-pound starting weight, will be absent.

Mr. Benson is now back above 300 pounds but he thinks he has been shunned by the show because he publicly admitted that he dropped some of the weight by fasting and dehydrating himself to the point that he was urinating blood.

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Tags: Biggest Loser, NBC, Television
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