Get Up And Do Something: 'Biggest Loser' Viewers Turned Off To Exercise?

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'Biggest Loser' Viewers Turned Off To Exercise? Nov 6th 2012, 11:24 "The Biggest Loser" makes for suspenseful television, with viewers tuning in to see morbidly obese contestants work their hardest to drop to a healthy weight. Their motivation may be, in part, financial: The winner receives $1 million in prize money. But the stakes are high and personal, as the contestants often have many of the chronic conditions associated with obesity, like diabetes, heart disease and sleep apnea. Many of them are told by the show's doctor -- or their own -- that they are on a path to early death. With small children, grown children, grandchildren and spouses to live for, contestants are desperate to shed the weight and, with it, gain their health.

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