The Biggest Loser is a reality television program that airs on
NBC; this program made its debut on the network in October of 2004 and has since run for a total of 9 seasons airing 98 episodes. The show was created by Dave Broome and (as of 2007) is presented by Alison Sweene. Each episode is about 2 hours (this is counting commercial breaks) and is shown in 480i aka standard definition.
On this television program contestants compete to win a prize of $250,000. The program goes something like this: Obese persons sign up for the show, they are assigned a trainer and at the end of the show the contestant who has lost the most percentage of weight goes home with the grand prize. In addition to the contestants being awarded with cash the trainers are also competing; whichever trainer has the contestants who have lost the most percentage of weight altogether also gets awarded with a huge prize. At the end of each episode one contestant is voted off but this does not mean that their weight loss journey ends here, they still have a chance to win a $100,000 by following up with the program at home.
This is a really great program; not only is it very entertaining/interesting it also shows people that getting down to the right size is not impossible. Yes you are always going to have people who tell you it is ok to stay the way you are, but science has proven that if there is too much fat in the body you are at a higher risk for heart attacks, diabetes, and other health problems. Not to mention the fact that having too much weight on makes it very hard to do daily tasks around the house, or other simple tasks such as going to the store.
If you would like to watch this program; head over to
NBC. Yes two hours is a pretty long time to sit in front of the television, especially with our very busy schedule. If you cannot free-up your schedule; head over to their website where you will find information about contestants, photos, an episode guide, and full length episodes which you can watch whenever you get the time. I am always a fan of programs like theses; if we had more of them on TV I am sure our general population would be a lot more informed than they are now.
