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Is the ‘Biggest Loser’ documentary entangled in its own internalized fatphobia?

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par Darby M. Babin, PhD Candidate, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Michael Orsini, Professor, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies | School of Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Were you expecting Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser to peel back the curtain and provide hard-hitting truths on what really happened on the show that captivated millions in its heyday?

Well, uh, fat chance.

Instead, the three-part Netflix documentary, released mid-August, seems to traffic in some of the same problematic aspects of the show that spurred the need for an exposé in the first place.

Best of intentions?

This purported tell-all documentary — billed…

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