Yea, exactly. That was the impression when two of the judges on the Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper saw the final product – the unveiling of the new Rachel Frederickson. She entered the competition weighing 260 lbs, and at the end of it all, the winner of the popular television show was a tiny 105 lbs – a total weight loss of 155 lbs, leading many on twitter to say that her weightloss was borderline dangerous.
Since she’s only 5’4”, that puts her body mass index at 18 — below what the National Institute of Health considers a healthy minimum. In other words, the Twitter masses have claimed, Frederickson lost too much weight. It’s impossible to say whether that’s true based on numbers alone — more on that later — but it’s equally impossible to see why anyone’s surprised by Frederickson’s “scary” weight loss.
Some twitter responses;
Does anyone think the Biggest Loser girl look a bit…umm…anorexic? #concernedtweet #biggestloser
— Claire (@CBingRun) February 5, 2014
The biggest loser should disqualify underweight finalists from the title & prize. Being underweight is just as unhealthy as being overweight
— Jenna Weisberg (@JennaWeisberg) February 5, 2014
Watching the Biggest Loser finale and I am seriously concerned that the confetti will knock Rachel over. #BLFinale #SomeoneHoldHerUp
— Phil Cook (@PhilCook111) February 5, 2014
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