Cheapening the struggle : obese people's attitudes towards The Biggest Loser Thomas, Samantha, Hyde, Jim and Komesaroff, Paul 2007, Cheapening the struggle : obese people's attitudes towards The Biggest Loser, Obesity management, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 210-215, doi: 10.1089/obe.2007.0065. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hyde-cheapeningthe-2007.pdf Published version application/pdf 3.38MB 1092 Title Cheapening the struggle : obese people's attitudes towards The Biggest Loser Author(s) Thomas, Samantha orcid.org/0000-0003-1427-7775 Hyde, Jim Komesaroff, Paul Journal name Obesity management Volume number 3 Issue number 5 Start page 210 End page 215 Total pages 6 Publisher Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers Place of publication New Rochelle, N. Y. Publication date 2007-10-01 ISSN 2153-2168 1557-8569 Keyword(s) obesity The Biggest Loser lifestyle change stigma discrimination Summary Once the domain of clinicians and researchers, we must now accept that ‘obesity’ has become ingrained in popular culture. An example is the emergence of a feast of reality television shows about obesity and weight loss. The most popular show is The Biggest Loser, where contestants compete to lose weight and win cash. Language eng DOI 10.1089/obe.2007.0065 Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2007, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30046418 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Population Health Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 31 Jul 2012, 10:01:39 EST Wed, 15 Aug 2012, 13:44:50 EST Wed, 15 Aug 2012, 13:46:52 EST Mon, 22 Apr 2013, 15:53:22 EST Fri, 09 May 2014, 14:10:20 EST Tue, 17 Nov 2015, 14:16:26 EST Mon, 15 Feb 2016, 12:49:28 EST Mon, 15 Feb 2016, 12:50:42 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 19:18:51 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:34:18 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:05:23 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 27 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 778 Abstract Views, 1092 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 31 Jul 2012, 10:01:39 EST